Shloka 107
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
आपके केश गंगाके तरंगोंसे अंकित तथा मुञ्जके समान हैं। आपको नमस्कार है। आप ब्राह्मणोंके छ: कर्म--अध्ययन-अध्यापन, यजन-याजन तथा दान और प्रतिग्रहसे संतुष्ट रहते हैं; स्वयं यजन, अध्ययन और दानरूप तीन कर्मोंमें ही तत्पर रहते हैं। आपको मेरा प्रणाम है ।।
varṇāśramāṇāṁ vidhivat pṛthak-karmanivartini | namo ghuṣyāya ghoṣāya namaḥ kalakalāya ca ||
你的发如恒河波纹所刻，又似芒草（muñja）之束。向你致敬。你安于婆罗门六业——学习与教授、行祭与使人行祭、施与受；而你自身唯勤于三业：行祭、学习、布施。我向你顶礼。又向那神圣之声致敬——它依正法分判并端正诸种姓（varṇa）与诸住期（āśrama）各自之职分。向那回响的呼号与不绝的潺潺低语致敬。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse venerates the principle that dharma is sustained when the duties of each varṇa and āśrama are kept distinct and followed according to rule; the ‘sound’ imagery suggests public proclamation, ritual recitation, and the living rhythm of ordered conduct.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma continues his instruction on dharma and social order; here he offers salutations to the force (personified) that maintains proper differentiation of duties, praising the resonant and murmuring sounds associated with regulated religious and communal life.