Shloka 11

Brāhmaṇa-pūjā and Namaskāra: Criteria of Reverence and Non-Offense (ब्राह्मणपूजा-नमस्कारविधिः)

Devanagari script

येषामेतानि तिष्ठन्ति गृहेषु गृहमेधिनाम्‌ । तान्यधृष्याण्यगाराणि पिशिताशै: सुदारुणै:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | yeṣām etāni tiṣṭhanti gṛheṣu gṛhamedhinām | tāny adhṛṣyāṇy agārāṇi piśitāśaiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma nói: Trong nhà của những gia chủ nào các vật được quy định ấy được đặt giữ và duy trì đầy đủ, thì những ngôi nhà ấy trở nên bất khả xâm phạm; bọn dạ-xoa ăn thịt hung bạo nhất cũng không dám tấn công.

Word by Word

• येषाम्: of whom/whose
• येषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: any, Genitive, Plural

• एतानि: these (things)
• एतानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• तिष्ठन्ति: stand/are present
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• गृहेषु: in houses
• गृहेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• गृहमेधिनाम्: of householders
• गृहमेधिनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहमेधिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तानि: those (houses)
• तानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अधृष्याणि: unassailable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधृष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अगाराणि: houses/dwellings
• अगाराणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• पिशिताशैः: by flesh-eaters
• पिशिताशैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशिताशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सुदारुणैः: very fierce/terrible
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• householders (gṛhamedhins)
• houses/dwellings (agāra)
• flesh-eating night-roamers (piśitāśa; implied rākṣasa/niśācara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhishma teaches that a householder’s disciplined maintenance of prescribed domestic observances makes the home ‘adhṛṣya’—secure against harmful, predatory forces. The ethical point is that ordered, dharmic household life is itself a form of protection.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma continues instructing Yudhishthira in Anushasana Parva on householder duties and auspicious safeguards, stating that homes where certain specified items/rites are present are not attacked by fierce flesh-eating night-roamers.