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Shloka 28

Adhyāya 9: Pratiśruta-Dāna

The Duty to Fulfill Promised Gifts

Devanagari script

महद्धि भरतश्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणस्तीर्थमुच्यते । वेलायां न तु कस्यांचिद्‌ गच्छेद्‌ विप्रो हपूजित:

Transliteration

mahaddhi bharataśreṣṭha brāhmaṇas tīrtham ucyate | velāyāṃ na tu kasyāñcid gacched vipro hy apūjitaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“哦，婆罗多族中最卓越者，婆罗门确被称为伟大的圣渡（tīrtha）。因此，无论何时，都不可让婆罗门未受礼敬而离去；凡其来至，必不可不加应有的迎奉便遣返。”

Word by Word

महत्great

हिindeed/for

भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas

ब्राह्मणःa Brahmin

तीर्थम्a sacred place/pilgrimage (as a holy entity)

उच्यतेis called/said

वेलायाम्at (any) time/occasion

नnot

तुbut/indeed

कस्यांचित्at any (time/occasion)

गच्छेत्should go/should depart

विप्रःa Brahmin

अपुजितःunhonoured/without being worshipped (received)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Bharataśreṣṭha (Yudhiṣṭhira, implied addressee)

Brāhmaṇa/Vipra

Tīrtha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A Brāhmaṇa is to be regarded as a ‘living tīrtha’—a source of sanctity and merit. Hence, one should never let a Brāhmaṇa leave without proper honor, reception, and respectful treatment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right conduct. Here he emphasizes the ethical duty of hospitality: whenever a Brāhmaṇa arrives, he should be duly honored and not dismissed without respect.