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Shloka 64

आत्मनश्न सुतानां च दाराणां च धनस्य च | बीजानामोषधीनां च रक्षामेतां प्रयोजयेत्‌,अपनी, पुत्रोंकी, पत्नीकी, धनकी तथा बीजों और ओषधियोंकी भी रक्षाके लिये इस नामावलीका प्रयोग करे

ātmanaś ca sutānāṃ ca dārāṇāṃ ca dhanasya ca | bījānām oṣadhīnāṃ ca rakṣām etāṃ prayojayet ||

Bhīṣma nói: Nên dùng nghi thức hộ trì này (tập hợp các thánh danh/chân ngôn) để bảo vệ chính mình, các con trai, người vợ, của cải, và cả hạt giống cùng dược thảo. Như vậy, sự che chở lan từ thân quyến đến sinh kế và những nguồn lực nuôi dưỡng sự sống.

आत्मनःof oneself
आत्मनः:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सुतानाम्of sons/children
सुतानाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootसुत
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
दाराणाम्of wife/wives (household)
दाराणाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootदार
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
धनस्यof wealth
धनस्य:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootधन
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
बीजानाम्of seeds
बीजानाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootबीज
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
ओषधीनाम्of medicinal herbs/plants
ओषधीनाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
रक्षाम्protection
रक्षाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
एताम्this
एताम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootएतद्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
प्रयोजयेत्should employ/apply
प्रयोजयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-युज्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
S
sons/children (sutāḥ)
W
wife/wives (dārāḥ)
W
wealth (dhana)
S
seeds (bīja)
M
medicinal herbs (oṣadhi)

Educational Q&A

A householder should actively use sanctioned protective means—here, a prescribed set of names/formulae—to guard not only personal and familial well-being but also economic and life-sustaining resources (wealth, seeds, medicines).

In Bhīṣma’s instruction section of the Anuśāsana Parva, he specifies the practical scope of a protective rite: it is to be applied for safeguarding oneself, one’s family, property, and essential resources like seeds and medicinal herbs.