Shloka 376
अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता
Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality
ब्रह्म॒देयानुसंतान इति ब्रह्मविदो विदु: । पंक्तिको पवित्र करनेके कारण ही उन्हें पंक्ति-पावन कहा जाता है। ब्रह्मवादी पुरुषोंकी यह मान्यता है कि वेदकी शिक्षा देनेवाले एवं ब्रह्मज्ञानी पुरुषोंके वंशमें उत्पन्न हुआ ब्राह्मण अकेला ही साढ़े तीन कोसतकका स्थान पवित्र कर सकता है
brahmadeyānusantāna iti brahmavido viduḥ | paṅktiko pavitra karaṇe kāraṇād eva te paṅkti-pāvana ucyante | brahmavādī puruṣāṇāṃ eṣā manyatā yat vedasya śikṣā-dātā brahmajñānī-puruṣa-vaṃśe jāto brāhmaṇaḥ eka eva sārdha-tri-krośa-paryantaṃ deśaṃ pavitrīkartuṃ śaknoti |
毗湿摩说：通达梵（Brahman）者，将此等家系称为“梵施之续”。由于他们能净化整排同席食者，故名为“净席之人”。梵语诸贤所传之说是：一位婆罗门，若生于传授吠陀之师与知梵者之族，仅凭其在场，便能使方圆三又半拘舍之地得以清净。此段旨在昭示伦理理想：学问、正当的圣教传承与证悟之智，能为社会带来深远的净化力量。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the ethical and spiritual power of Vedic instruction and Brahman-realization is socially transformative: a truly learned and realized Brahmin, rooted in a lineage of Veda-teachers and Brahman-knowers, is regarded as capable of purifying not only individuals (a dining row) but an entire surrounding region.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma continues instructing Yudhishthira on dharma. Here he explains traditional terms like “brahmadeya-anusantāna” and “paṅkti-pāvana,” and he reports the Brahmavādins’ doctrine about the far-reaching sanctifying influence attributed to a Brahmin from a lineage of Vedic teachers and Brahman-knowers.