Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 141 Shloka 14 - Mahabharata | Thai | Vedapath

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Shloka 14

अत्रेः तपोबलप्रकाशः तथा च्यवनस्य सोमाधिकारः

Atri’s Illumination by Tapas; Cyavana and Soma-Entitlement

Devanagari script

इत्यर्थमपराह्ले तु पितृणां श्राद्धमुच्यते । यथोक्तानां यदश्नीयुरत्रल्यिणा: पूर्वकीर्तिता:

Transliteration

ity artham aparāhṇe tu pitṝṇāṁ śrāddham ucyate | yathoktānāṁ yad aśnīyur atralyiṇāḥ pūrvakīrtitāḥ ||

Translation

ด้วยเหตุนี้เอง ศราทธ์เพื่อบรรพชน (ปิตฤ) จึงกำหนดให้ทำในยามอปราหณ์ เพื่อให้ผู้ที่ได้กล่าวไว้ก่อนแล้วว่าเป็นผู้เหมาะสมและมีความประพฤติบริสุทธิ์ ได้รับประทานตามแบบพิธีที่บัญญัติ

Word by Word

इतिthus

अर्थम्purpose/meaning

अपराह्लेin the afternoon (later part of the day)

तुbut/indeed

पितृणाम्of the ancestors

श्राद्धम्Śrāddha rite

उच्यतेis said/declared

यथाas/according to

उक्तानाम्of those mentioned/said

यत्what/that which

अश्नीयुःthey should eat

अत्रhere

अलङ्गिणःthe qualified/fit persons (lit. possessing proper marks)

पूर्वकीर्तिताःpreviously described

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Pitṛs

Śrāddha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Śrāddha for the ancestors is to be performed in the afternoon (aparāhṇa), so that duly qualified recipients can partake according to the prescribed rules; correct timing supports ritual propriety and purity.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma continues advising on śrāddha procedure, explaining why the rite is scheduled for the afternoon and linking it to the proper feeding of qualified participants.