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Shloka 9

आपद्धर्मे वैश्यवृत्तिः, विक्रय-निषेधाः, तथा ब्रह्म-क्षत्र-सम्बन्धः

Emergency Livelihood, Prohibited Trade, and Brahman–Kshatra Regulation

अन्न ते वर्तयिष्यामि यथा धर्म: सनातन: । व्यवहारप्रवृत्तानां तन्निबोध युधिष्ठिर,युधिष्ठिर! इस विषयमें व्यवहारपरायण मनुष्योंके लिये सनातन कालसे चला आता हुआ धर्म जैसा है, वैसा मैं तुम्हें बतला रहा हूँ सुनो

anna te vartayiṣyāmi yathā dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ | vyavahāra-pravṛttānāṃ tan nibodha yudhiṣṭhira ||

بھیشم نے کہا—اے یُدھشٹھِر! اناج کے معاملے میں، جو لوگ دنیاوی لین دین اور معاشرتی برتاؤ میں مشغول رہتے ہیں، اُن کے لیے جو سَناتن دھرم قدیم زمانے سے چلا آ رہا ہے، وہی میں تمہیں بتاتا ہوں؛ اسے غور سے سنو اور سمجھو۔

अन्नfood
अन्न:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
Form—, Dative, Singular
वर्तयिष्यामिI shall provide / maintain
वर्तयिष्यामि:
TypeVerb
Rootवृत् (वर्तयति, caus.)
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
यथाas, in the manner that
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
धर्मःdharma, law, duty
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सनातनःeternal, ancient
सनातनः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसनातन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
व्यवहारworldly dealings, legal practice
व्यवहार:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootव्यवहार
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
प्रवृत्तानाम्of those engaged (in)
प्रवृत्तानाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रवृत्त (प्र + √वृत्, क्त)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
तत्that (teaching/matter)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
निबोधunderstand, heed
निबोध:
TypeVerb
Rootनि + √बुध्
FormImperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिर:
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

Bhishma frames his instruction as an exposition of sanātana-dharma—an enduring moral and social order—specifically tailored to people involved in practical affairs (vyavahāra), implying that righteousness must guide everyday transactions, governance, and social interaction.

In the Shanti Parva’s instructional setting, Bhishma continues advising King Yudhishthira after the war, introducing a section on the traditional standards of conduct and justice relevant to ordinary social and legal dealings.