Shloka 12

कामबन्धन-निवृत्ति तथा शान्तिलक्षण-उपदेशः | Release from Desire-Bondage and the Marks of Peace

Devanagari script

जो धार्मिकताका ढोंग दिखानेके लिये अपने नख और बाल बढ़ाकर आया हो

Transliteration

vighaśāśī bhavennityaṃ nityaṃ cāmṛtabhojanaḥ | amṛtaṃ yajñaśeṣaṃ syād bhojanaṃ haviṣā samam ||

Translation

గృహస్థుడు నిత్యం విఘసాశిగా ఉండి, నిత్యం ‘అమృత’భోజనం చేయవలెను. యజ్ఞశేషమైన అన్నమే ‘అమృతం’ అని చెప్పబడింది; ఆ భోజనం హవిస్సుతో సమానమని భావించబడింది.

Word by Word

• विघसाशी: one who eats remnants (after feeding others)
• विघसाशी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विघसाशिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: should be / should become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अमृतभोजनः: one whose food is ‘amṛta’ (sacred/nectar-like food)
• अमृतभोजनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृतभोजन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अमृतम्: amṛta; nectar; (here) sacred ‘immortal’ food
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यज्ञशेषम्: the remainder of a sacrifice
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञशेष
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• स्यात्: would be / should be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भोजनम्: food; eating
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हविषा: with/like oblation (havis)
• हविषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• समम्: equal; comparable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• gṛhastha (householder)
• yajña (sacrifice)
• havis (oblations)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The householder’s meal should be ethically grounded in prior giving: first feed others and treat one’s own food as the sanctified remainder (vighasa/yajñaśeṣa), regarded as amṛta and comparable to sacrificial havis.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Vyāsa teaches norms of household life, linking daily eating to sacrificial ethics: the gṛhastha sustains society through hospitality and then partakes of the remainder as a consecrated act.