Shloka 30

अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता

Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality

Devanagari script

ये च पुण्येषु तीर्थेषु अभिषेककृतश्रमा: । मखेषु च समन्त्रेषु भवन्त्यवभूथप्लुता:

Transliteration

ye ca puṇyeṣu tīrtheṣu abhiṣekakṛtaśramāḥ | makheṣu ca samantrēṣu bhavanty avabhūthaplutāḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma nói: “Và những ai đã nhọc công làm lễ tắm gội (abhiṣeka) tại các thánh địa công đức; cùng những ai, trong các tế lễ có đủ thần chú Veda, được thanh tịnh nhờ lễ tắm kết thúc (avabhṛtha)—những người ấy đạt được quả báo tẩy tịnh của các hành trì thiêng liêng ấy.”

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पुण्येषु: in holy (meritorious)
• पुण्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• तीर्थेषु: in pilgrimage-places
• तीर्थेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• अभिषेककृतश्रमा: whose fatigue is caused by (ritual) bathing/anointing
• अभिषेककृतश्रमा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिषेक-कृत-श्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मखेषु: in sacrifices
• मखेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मख
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• समन्त्रेषु: accompanied by mantras / with proper mantras
• समन्त्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समन्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• भवन्ति: are / become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अवभूथप्लुता: having bathed in the avabhṛtha (final sacrificial bath)
• अवभूथप्लुता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवभृथ-प्लुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• tīrtha (holy pilgrimage places)
• makha/yajña (sacrifice)
• mantra
• avabhṛtha (concluding sacrificial bath)
• abhiṣeka (ritual ablution)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms the dharmic value of purification through sanctioned rites—pilgrimage bathing (tīrtha-abhiṣeka) and the avabhṛtha bath concluding a properly mantra-accompanied sacrifice—highlighting disciplined religious practice as a source of puṇya.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues instructing on dharma by listing categories of people whose ritual actions are purifying and merit-producing: those who undertake strenuous ablutions at holy tīrthas and those who complete Vedic sacrifices and bathe in the avabhṛtha rite.