Shloka 376
अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता
Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality
ब्रह्म॒देयानुसंतान इति ब्रह्मविदो विदु: । पंक्तिको पवित्र करनेके कारण ही उन्हें पंक्ति-पावन कहा जाता है। ब्रह्मवादी पुरुषोंकी यह मान्यता है कि वेदकी शिक्षा देनेवाले एवं ब्रह्मज्ञानी पुरुषोंके वंशमें उत्पन्न हुआ ब्राह्मण अकेला ही साढ़े तीन कोसतकका स्थान पवित्र कर सकता है
brahmadeyānusantāna iti brahmavido viduḥ | paṅktiko pavitra karaṇe kāraṇād eva te paṅkti-pāvana ucyante | brahmavādī puruṣāṇāṃ eṣā manyatā yat vedasya śikṣā-dātā brahmajñānī-puruṣa-vaṃśe jāto brāhmaṇaḥ eka eva sārdha-tri-krośa-paryantaṃ deśaṃ pavitrīkartuṃ śaknoti |
Sinabi ni Bhishma: Yaong mga nakakakilala sa Brahman ay tumatawag sa ganitong angkan na “pagpapatuloy ng mga kaloob ni Brahma.” Sapagkat nililinis nila ang buong hanay ng mga kasalo sa pagkain, kaya sila tinatawag na “tagapagpadalisay ng hanay.” Ito ang paniniwalang pinanghahawakan ng mga pantas na nagsasalita tungkol sa Brahman: ang isang Brahmin, na isinilang sa pamilya ng guro ng Veda at ng mga nakakabatid ng Brahman, ay makapapabanal—sa pamamagitan lamang ng kanyang pag-iral—ng isang pook na umaabot hanggang tatlo’t kalahating krośa. Ipinahihiwatig ng talatang ito ang huwarang etikal na ang pagkatuto, ang wastong pagpapasa ng sagradong kaalaman, at ang natamong karunungan ay may malayong abot na kapangyarihang magpadalisay sa lipunan.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the ethical and spiritual power of Vedic instruction and Brahman-realization is socially transformative: a truly learned and realized Brahmin, rooted in a lineage of Veda-teachers and Brahman-knowers, is regarded as capable of purifying not only individuals (a dining row) but an entire surrounding region.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma continues instructing Yudhishthira on dharma. Here he explains traditional terms like “brahmadeya-anusantāna” and “paṅkti-pāvana,” and he reports the Brahmavādins’ doctrine about the far-reaching sanctifying influence attributed to a Brahmin from a lineage of Vedic teachers and Brahman-knowers.