Shloka 18
अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता
Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality
षष्टिं काण: शतं षण्ढ: श्रित्री यावत्प्रपश्यति । पंक््त्यां समुपविष्टायां तावद् दूषयते नृप
ṣaṣṭiṁ kāṇaḥ śataṁ ṣaṇḍhaḥ śvitri yāvat prapaśyati | paṅktyāṁ samupaviṣṭāyāṁ tāvad dūṣayate nṛpa rājān |
毗湿摩说道：“大王啊，教法言：众人同坐一行共食之时，独眼者能污损六十人；阳痿者能污损百人；而患白癞者，则能污损其目所及之众。此言旨在强调：凡共同举行之事，当设立礼仪与社会之防护，使本为清净、合乎法度之行持，不致被视为受玷。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse conveys a dharma-śāstric notion that communal rites—especially shared dining—are considered vulnerable to ‘ritual taint’ from certain stigmatized conditions, emphasizing vigilance about purity rules in collective observances.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing the king on dharma and proper conduct; here he cites a traditional rule about how impurity is thought to spread within a seated dining line, using numerical measures to underline the seriousness of maintaining ritual order.