Shloka 17

Ajagara-vrata (The ‘Python’ Discipline): Prahrāda Questions a Wandering Sage

Devanagari script

तस्य नित्यं सदा5<षाढ्यां माघ्यां च बहवो द्विजा: । ईप्सितं भोजनवरं लभन्ते सत्कृतं सदा,उसके यहाँ आषाढ़ और माघकी पूर्णिमाको सदा बहुत-से ब्राह्मण सत्कारपूर्वक अपनी इच्छाके अनुसार उत्तम भोजन पाते थे

Transliteration

tasya nityaṁ sadā āṣāḍhyāṁ māghyāṁ ca bahavo dvijāḥ | īpsitaṁ bhojana-varaṁ labhante satkṛtaṁ sadā ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Tại nhà ông, vào những ngày rằm tháng Āṣāḍha và Māgha, nhiều Bà-la-môn thường xuyên đến và luôn được tiếp đãi cung kính, nhận những món ăn thượng hạng đúng theo điều họ mong muốn. Đoạn này nêu lý tưởng đạo đức của lòng hào hiệp bền bỉ—bố thí đúng thời, với sự tôn kính, cho người xứng đáng—như một cách sống theo dharma.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/at his (place)
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नित्यम्: always, regularly
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• आषाढ्याम्: on (the full-moon day) in Āṣāḍha
• आषाढ्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आषाढी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• माघ्याम्: on (the full-moon day) in Māgha
• माघ्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

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

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• द्विजाः: twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ईप्सितम्: desired, wished-for
• ईप्सितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भोजनवरम्: excellent food
• भोजनवरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन-वर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लभन्ते: they obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• सत्कृतम्: honored, respectfully offered
• सत्कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्कृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Brahmins (dvijāḥ)
• Āṣāḍha (month)
• Māgha (month)
• food/meal (bhojana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is shown through consistent, respectful generosity: providing worthy guests—here, Brahmins—with honour (satkāra) and meeting their needs as they wish, especially on auspicious calendrical occasions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma describes a person’s established practice of hosting many Brahmins on the full-moon days of Āṣāḍha and Māgha, giving them excellent food with due respect, illustrating the person’s reputation for regular charitable hospitality.