Shloka 6
त्रयी समस्तवर्णानां द्विज संवरणं यतः नग्नो भवत्य् उज्झितायाम् अतस् तस्याम् असंशयम्
trayī samastavarṇānāṃ dvija saṃvaraṇaṃ yataḥ nagno bhavaty ujjhitāyām atas tasyām asaṃśayam
সকলো বৰ্ণৰ মাজত দ্বিজৰ আৱৰণ এই ত্ৰয়ী; ই ত্যাগ কৰিলে সেই দ্বিজ নিঃসন্দেহে ‘নগ্ন’ হয়।
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Reinforcement: the Trayī is the distinguishing ‘covering’ of the dvija; abandoning it makes one truly ‘nagna’.
Teaching: Ethical
Quality: decisive; removing doubt (asaṃśaya)
Concept: The Trayī functions as the dvija’s defining protection within the varṇas; once abandoned, ‘nakedness’ is inevitable—hence it should not be cast off.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Maintain core disciplines (study, daily practice, ethical vows) that safeguard identity and responsibility; treat abandoning them as a serious spiritual regression.
Vishishtadvaita: Dharma is not merely social; it is a God-oriented order that supports devotion and right living as the embodied self’s proper mode.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Dasya
FAQs
In this verse it is treated as the defining “covering” of the twice-born—an outward sign of vowed dharma—so abandoning it symbolizes abandonment of that discipline.
He frames the triple thread as a compulsory marker of the dvija’s sacred obligations; to discard it is to stand exposed—i.e., to fall away from prescribed duty.
The Vishnu Purana presents dharma as an expression of cosmic order sustained by the Supreme; maintaining dvija disciplines is portrayed as alignment with that divinely upheld order.