Shloka 33
अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता
Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality
यतयो मोक्षधर्मज्ञा योगा: सुचरितव्रता: । (पाज्चरात्रविदो मुख्यास्तथा भागवता: परे | वैखानसा: कुलश्रेष्ठा वैदिकाचारचारिण: ।।
bhīṣma uvāca | yatayo mokṣadharmajñā yogāḥ sucaritavratāḥ | pāñcarātravido mukhyās tathā bhāgavatāḥ pare | vaikhānasāḥ kulaśreṣṭhā vaidikācāracāriṇaḥ || ye cetihāsaṃ prayatāḥ śrāvayanti dvijottamān |
毗湿摩说：那些通达解脱之法（mokṣa-dharma）的出家行者（yatī）——持戒精严的瑜伽行者——那些精通般遮罗多（Pāñcarātra）传统的最上智者，以及至高的薄伽梵信徒（Bhāgavata）；那些卓越的毗迦那娑（Vaikhānasa）修行者，族姓中最为杰出，依吠陀行仪而住者——如此自律之人，专志于神圣职责，常为最胜的二生者诵讲《伊提哈娑》（Itihāsa）。此段赞颂博学而自持的婆罗门与奉爱—仪轨的专门家：以其学识、誓戒与忠实行持，成为世间净化的典范，并堪为圣史与法的传承者。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse elevates disciplined ascetics and learned devotees—those grounded in mokṣa-dharma, vows, Vedic conduct, and recognized Vaiṣṇava traditions—as ideal transmitters of Itihāsa and dharma. Their self-restraint and faithful practice are presented as socially purifying and ethically authoritative.
Bhishma, instructing on dharma in the Anushasana Parva, lists exemplary categories of religious specialists (yogins, Pāñcarātra knowers, Bhāgavatas, Vaikhānasas, Vedic practitioners) and describes them as earnest reciters/teachers who make sacred history heard by eminent Brahmins.