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Shloka 8

Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्

विघसाशी कथं च स्याद्‌ सदा चैवातिथिप्रिय: । अमृताशी सदा च स्यात्‌ पवित्री च सदा भवेत्‌

vighasāśī kathaṃ ca syād sadā caivātithipriyaḥ | amṛtāśī sadā ca syāt pavitrī ca sadā bhavet ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “บุคคลจะเป็น ‘วิฆสาศิน’ ได้อย่างไร—คือกินแต่สิ่งที่เหลือหลังจากเลี้ยงผู้อื่นแล้ว—และจะเป็นผู้ยินดีในการต้อนรับแขกอยู่เสมอได้อย่างไร? เขาจะดำรงตนประหนึ่งบริโภคอมฤต และทำตนให้บริสุทธิ์ด้วยความประพฤติอย่างต่อเนื่องได้อย่างไร?”

विघसाशीone who eats remnants (after others)
विघसाशी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविघसाशिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कथम्how
कथम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम्
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
स्यात्would be / should be
स्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अतिथिप्रियःfond of guests
अतिथिप्रियः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअतिथिप्रिय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अमृताशीone who eats ambrosia (nectar) / one whose food is nectar
अमृताशी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअमृताशिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
स्यात्would be / should be
स्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
पवित्रीpurifier; purifying (one/thing)
पवित्री:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपवित्री
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
भवेत्would become / should be
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

The verse points to dharma expressed through hospitality and self-restraint: one should prioritize feeding others (especially guests) before oneself, thereby cultivating purity and a life that feels ‘nectar-like’ through righteous conduct.

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Here he frames an inquiry about the disciplines and attitudes by which a person becomes devoted to guests, eats only after serving others, and attains a consistently purifying way of life.