Shloka 8

Anuśāsana-parva Adhyāya 112: Dharma as the sole companion; karmic witnesses; rebirth sequences

Bṛhaspati–Yudhiṣṭhira Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

सर्वत्यागेष्वभिरता: सर्वज्ञा: समदर्शिन: । शौचेन वृत्तशौचार्थास्ति तीर्था: शुचयश्च ये

Transliteration

sarvatyāgeṣv abhiratāḥ sarvajñāḥ samadarśinaḥ | śaucena vṛttaśaucārthās tīrthāḥ śucayaś ca ye ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：凡乐于彻底舍弃者，具最高意义之智慧者，以平等之眼观一切众生者——又以清净之戒律而活，为内在洗涤而行——如此心地清净之人，本身即为至上圣地（tīrtha）。

Word by Word

• सर्वत्यागेषु: in all acts of renunciation
• सर्वत्यागेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वत्याग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• अभिरताः: delighting/engaged
• अभिरताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिरत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वज्ञाः: all-knowing
• सर्वज्ञाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समदर्शिनः: seeing equally; impartial
• समदर्शिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समदर्शिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शौचेन: by purity/cleanliness
• शौचेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौच
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वृत्तशौचार्थाः: whose purpose is purity of conduct
• वृत्तशौचार्थाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत्तशौचार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तीर्थाः: holy places/pilgrimage-sites
• तीर्थाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शुचयः: pure (ones)
• शुचयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True sanctity is not merely a location or external rite: a person who practices complete renunciation, equal vision, and disciplined purity becomes a living tīrtha—an embodiment of what purifies others.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma, redefining ‘holy places’ by praising the ethically and spiritually purified as the highest tīrthas.