Shloka 6
Kīṭopākhyāna: Prajā-pālana as Kṣatra-vrata and the Attainment of Brāhmaṇya
Devanagari script
भीष्म उवाच एवमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि भारत | विवर्जिते तु बहवो गुणा: कौरवनन्दन । ये भवन्ति मनुष्याणां तान् मे निगदतः शृणु
Transliteration
bhīṣma uvāca evam etan mahābāho yathā vadasi bhārata | vivarjite tu bahavo guṇāḥ kauravanandana | ye bhavanti manuṣyāṇāṃ tān me nigadataḥ śṛṇu ||
Translation
毗湿摩说道：“正是如此，臂力无双者，婆罗多之裔——你所言分毫不差。俱卢之所喜者，且听我陈述：若能戒食肉类，便会生起许多德行与利益，使人得以成就。”
Word by Word
{'bhīṣma uvāca''Bhishma said', 'evam etat': 'thus indeed
{'bhīṣma uvāca':
it is so', 'mahābāho''O mighty-armed one (honorific address)', 'yathā': 'as
it is so', 'mahābāho':
in the manner that', 'vadasi''you say
in the manner that', 'vadasi':
you speak', 'bhārata''O Bharata (descendant of Bharata
you speak', 'bhārata':
address to a Kuru prince)', 'vivarjite''when avoided/abstained from
address to a Kuru prince)', 'vivarjite':
upon giving up', 'tu''but
upon giving up', 'tu':
however', 'bahavaḥ''many', 'guṇāḥ': 'virtues
however', 'bahavaḥ':
merits/benefits', 'kauravanandana''O joy of the Kurus (honorific address)', 'ye': 'which
merits/benefits', 'kauravanandana':
those that', 'bhavanti''arise
those that', 'bhavanti':
occur', 'manuṣyāṇām''of human beings', 'tān': 'those (benefits/virtues)', 'me': 'from me
occur', 'manuṣyāṇām':
my', 'nigadataḥ''as I declare/state
my', 'nigadataḥ':
while I am telling', 'śṛṇu''listen
while I am telling', 'śṛṇu':
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhishmaB
Bharata (address)K
Kauravanandana (address)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Educational Q&A
Bhishma affirms the listener’s point and introduces a dharmic claim: abstaining from meat leads to many virtues and benefits, which he is about to enumerate.
In Anushasana Parva’s instruction on conduct, Bhishma addresses a Kuru prince and transitions into a structured explanation of the merits that follow from giving up meat.