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Shloka 27

तीर्थवंशोपदेशः

Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters

Devanagari script

सावित्रीं जपते यस्तु त्रिकालं भरतर्षभ । भिक्षावृत्ति: कियावांश्व स राजन्‌ केतनक्षम:

Transliteration

sāvitrīṃ japate yas tu trikālaṃ bharatarṣabha | bhikṣāvṛttiḥ kiyāvāṃś ca sa rājan ketanakṣamaḥ ||

Translation

โอ กษัตริย์ผู้เป็นเกียรติแห่งวงศ์ภารตะ! ผู้ใดสวดจบสาวิตรี (คายตรี) ในสามกาล ดำรงชีพด้วยบิณฑบาต และตั้งมั่นในข้อปฏิบัติ—ผู้นั้นย่อมมีสิทธิ์ได้รับเชิญในพิธีศราทธะ

Word by Word

सावित्रीम्the Sāvitrī (Gāyatrī mantra)

जपतेrecites

यःwho

तुindeed/but

त्रिकालम्at the three times (daily)

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

भिक्षावृत्तिःone whose livelihood is by alms (mendicant livelihood)

क्रियावान्active; engaged in prescribed rites

चand

सःhe

राजन्O king

कृतनक्षमःdisciplined/steadfast in duties (lit. capable/competent in what is done)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

the King (Yudhiṣṭhira, implied addressee)

Sāvitrī/Gāyatrī mantra

Bharata lineage (as an epithet)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Eligibility for receiving honor in ancestral rites (śrāddha) is grounded in disciplined daily spiritual practice (trikāla-japa of Sāvitrī), austere livelihood (bhikṣā-vṛtti), and steadfast performance of prescribed duties (kriyā). The verse links ritual worthiness to sustained ethical-religious conduct rather than status alone.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs King Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and proper ritual standards. Here he specifies the kind of person who should be invited to a śrāddha: a disciplined practitioner of the Sāvitrī/Gāyatrī, living simply on alms and devoted to correct observances.