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Tell me this, O grandsire!' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa ### [13.93.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.2) bhīṣma uvāca | avedoktavratāścaiva bhuñjānāḥ kāryakāriṇaḥ | vedokteṣu tu bhuñjānā vrataluptā yudhiṣṭhira || 2 || > "Bhishma said, 'Let those Brahmanas eat, impelled by desire, who are observant of such vows as are not indicated in the Vedas. As regards those Brahmanas, however, that are observant of such vows are indicated in the Vedas, they are regarded as guilty of a breach of their vow, O Yudhishthira, by eating the Havi of a Sraddha at the request of him who performs the Sraddha.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa ### [13.93.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.3) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | yadidaṃ tapa ityāhurupavāsaṃ pṛthagjanāḥ | tapaḥ syādetadiha vai tapo'nyadvāpi kiṃ bhavet || 3 || > "Yudhishthira said, 'Some people say that fast is a penance. Is penance really identifiable with fast or is it not so? Tell me this, O grandsire!' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa ### [13.93.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.4) bhīṣma uvāca | māsārdhamāsau nopavasedyattapo manyate janaḥ | ātmatantropaghātī yo na tapasvī na dharmavit || 4 || > "Bhishma said, 'People do regard a regular fast for a month or a half month as a penance. The truth, however, is that one who mortifies one's own body is not to be regarded either as an ascetic or as one conversant with duty. Renunciation, however, is regarded as the best of penances. A Brahmana should always be an abstainer from food, and observe the vow called Brahmacharya. A Brahmana should always practise self-denial restraining even speech, and recite the Vedas. The Brahmana should marry and surround himself with children and relatives, from desire of achieving righteousness. He should never sleep. He should abstain from meat. He should always read the Vedas and the scriptures. He should always speak the truth, and practise self-denial. He should eat Vighasa (viz., what remains after serving the deities and guests). Indeed, he should be hospitable towards all that come to his abode. He should always eat Amrita (viz., the food that remains in the house after all the family, including guests and servants have eaten) He should duly observe all rites and perform sacrifices.'" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa ### [13.93.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.5) tyāgasyāpi ca saṃpattiḥ śiṣyate tapa uttamam | sadopavāsī ca bhavedbrahmacārī tathaiva ca || 5 || ### [13.93.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.6) muniśca syātsadā vipro devāṃścaiva sadā yajet | kuṭumbiko dharmakāmaḥ sadāsvapnaśca bhārata || 6 || ### [13.93.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.7) amṛtāśī sadā ca syātpavitrī ca sadā bhavet | ṛtavādī sadā ca syānniyataśca sadā bhavet || 7 || ### [13.93.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.8) vighasāśī sadā ca syātsadā caivātithipriyaḥ | amāṃsāśī sadā ca syātpavitrī ca sadā bhavet || 8 || ### [13.93.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.9) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kathaṃ sadopavāsī syādbrahmacārī ca pārthiva | vighasāśī kathaṃ ca syātkathaṃ caivātithipriyaḥ || 9 || > "Yudhishthira said, "How may one come to be regarded as always observant of fasts? How may one become observant of vows? How, O king, may one come to be an eater of Vighasa? By doing what may one be said to be found of guest?'" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa ### [13.93.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.10) bhīṣma uvāca | antarā sāyamāśaṃ ca prātarāśaṃ tathaiva ca | sadopavāsī bhavati yo na bhuṅkte'ntarā punaḥ || 10 || > "Bhishma said, 'He who takes food only morning and evening at the prescribed hours and abstains from all food during the interval between, is said to be an abstainer from food. He who has congress with only his wedded wife and that only at her season, is said to be observant of the vow of Brahmacharya. By always making gifts, one comes to be regarded as truthful in speech. By abstaining from all meat obtained from animals slaughtered for nothing, one becomes an abstainer from meat. By making gifts one becomes cleansed of all sins, and by abstaining from sleep during daytime one comes to be regarded as always awake. He who always eats what remains after serving the needs of guests and servants is said to always eat Amrita. He who abstains from eating till Brahmanas have eaten (of that food), is regarded as conquering heaven by such abstention. He who eats what remains after serving the deities, the Pitris, and relatives and dependants, is said to eat Vighasa. Such men acquire many regions of felicity in the abode of Brahman himself. There, O king, they dwell in the company of Apsaras and Gandharvas. Indeed, they sport and enjoy all sports of delight in those regions, with the deities and guests and the Pitris in their company, and surrounded by their own children and grandchildren. Even such becomes their high end.'" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa ### [13.93.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.11) bhāryāṃ gacchanbrahmacārī sadā bhavati caiva ha | ṛtavādī sadā ca syāddānaśīlaśca mānavaḥ || 11 || ### [13.93.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.12) abhakṣayanvṛthā māṃsamamāṃsāśī bhavatyuta | dānaṃ dadatpavitrī syādasvapnaśca divāsvapan || 12 || ### [13.93.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.13) bhṛtyātithiṣu yo bhuṅkte bhuktavatsu naraḥ sadā | amṛtaṃ kevalaṃ bhuṅkte iti viddhi yudhiṣṭhira || 13 || ### [13.93.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.14) abhuktavatsu nāśnāti brāhmaṇeṣu tu yo naraḥ | abhojanena tenāsya jitaḥ svargo bhavatyuta || 14 || ### [13.93.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.15) devebhyaśca pitṛbhyaśca bhṛtyebhyo'tithibhiḥ saha | avaśiṣṭāni yo bhuṅkte tamāhurvighasāśinam || 15 || ### [13.93.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.16) teṣāṃ lokā hyaparyantāḥ sadane brahmaṇaḥ smṛtāḥ | upasthitā hyapsarobhirgandharvaiśca janādhipa || 16 || ### [13.93.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.17) devatātithibhiḥ sārdhaṃ pitṛbhiścopabhuñjate | ramante putrapautraiśca teṣāṃ gatiranuttamā || 17 || ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.13.93.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.13.93.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.93.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93) · Pramāṇa