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Shloka 30

अन्नदान-प्रशंसा (Praise of the Gift of Food) | Annadāna-Praśaṃsā

यदि नो ब्राह्मणास्तात संत्यजेयुरपूजिता: । पश्यन्तो दारुणं कर्म सततं क्षत्रिये स्थितम्‌

yadi no brāhmaṇās tāta saṃtyajeyur apūjitāḥ | paśyanto dāruṇaṃ karma satataṃ kṣatriye sthitam ||

Bhīṣma nói: “Hỡi con, nếu các brāhmaṇa của chúng ta—bị bỏ mặc không được tôn kính—lại rời bỏ chúng ta, khi chứng kiến lối hành động khắc nghiệt và không ngơi nghỉ vốn luôn gắn chặt với đạo kṣatriya, thì (trật tự và phúc lợi của chúng ta sẽ lâm nguy).”

यदिif
यदि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
नःof us / our
नः:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Plural
ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins
ब्राह्मणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तातdear one / son (vocative address)
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
सन्त्यजेयुःmight abandon / would leave
सन्त्यजेयुः:
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज्
FormOptative (Potential), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
अपूजिताःunhonoured / not worshipped
अपूजिताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअपूजित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पश्यन्तःseeing / while seeing
पश्यन्तः:
TypeVerb
Rootपश्यत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
दारुणम्terrible / cruel
दारुणम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootदारुण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कर्मdeed / act
कर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सततम्always / continually
सततम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसतत
क्षत्रियेin the Kshatriya / in a warrior
क्षत्रिये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रिय
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
स्थितम्situated / present / established
स्थितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootस्थित
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
B
brāhmaṇas
K
kṣatriya (order)

Educational Q&A

Bhīṣma stresses that brāhmaṇas must be duly honoured; if they are neglected, they may withdraw their support. Since kṣatriya life involves severe, forceful duties, the stabilizing presence of respected brāhmaṇas is implied as essential for ethical governance and social balance.

In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he warns his listener that brāhmaṇas, if left unhonoured, could abandon the community after witnessing the continual harsh actions associated with kṣatriya conduct—highlighting tension between necessary royal force and the need for priestly counsel and legitimacy.