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Shloka 28

Adhyāya 9: Pratiśruta-Dāna

The Duty to Fulfill Promised Gifts

महद्धि भरतश्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणस्तीर्थमुच्यते । वेलायां न तु कस्यांचिद्‌ गच्छेद्‌ विप्रो हपूजित:

mahaddhi bharataśreṣṭha brāhmaṇas tīrtham ucyate | velāyāṃ na tu kasyāñcid gacched vipro hy apūjitaḥ ||

โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐแห่งวงศ์ภารตะ พราหมณ์ถูกกล่าวว่าเป็น “ตีรถะ” อันยิ่งใหญ่ ดังนั้น ไม่ว่าเวลาใดก็ไม่ควรปล่อยให้พราหมณ์จากไปโดยปราศจากการต้อนรับและการยกย่อง เมื่อท่านมาถึง พึงรับรองด้วยเกียรติอันสมควรแล้วจึงส่งท่านไป

महत्great
महत्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas
भरतश्रेष्ठ:
TypeNoun
Rootभरत-श्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
ब्राह्मणःa Brahmin
ब्राह्मणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तीर्थम्a sacred place/pilgrimage (as a holy entity)
तीर्थम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
उच्यतेis called/said
उच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Passive
वेलायाम्at (any) time/occasion
वेलायाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवेला
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
कस्यांचित्at any (time/occasion)
कस्यांचित्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Root
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular, indefinite with -चित्
गच्छेत्should go/should depart
गच्छेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormOptative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
विप्रःa Brahmin
विप्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपुजितःunhonoured/without being worshipped (received)
अपुजितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-पूजित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, past passive participle (kta) from √पूज् with privative अ-

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
B
Bharataśreṣṭha (Yudhiṣṭhira, implied addressee)
B
Brāhmaṇa/Vipra
T
Tīrtha

Educational Q&A

A Brāhmaṇa is to be regarded as a ‘living tīrtha’—a source of sanctity and merit. Hence, one should never let a Brāhmaṇa leave without proper honor, reception, and respectful treatment.

In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right conduct. Here he emphasizes the ethical duty of hospitality: whenever a Brāhmaṇa arrives, he should be duly honored and not dismissed without respect.