Shloka 6
अन्तर्वन-विद्यारण्योपमा
The Allegory of the Inner Forest of Knowledge
न तत्राविश्य शोचन्ति न प्रहृष्यन्ति च द्विजा: । न च बिभ्यति केषांचित् तेभ्यो बिभ्यति केचन
na tatrāviśya śocanti na prahṛṣyanti ca dvijāḥ | na ca bibhyati keṣāṃcit tebhyo bibhyati kecana ||
সেই বনে প্রবেশ করলে দ্বিজদের না শোক হয়, না হর্ষ। তারা নিজেরা কোনো প্রাণীকে ভয় করে না, আর তাদের থেকেও অন্য কোনো প্রাণী ভীত হয় না।
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches equanimity and harmlessness: the disciplined person is not swayed by sorrow or joy, does not fear others, and—by being nonthreatening—does not become a cause of fear for any creature.
A Brāhmaṇa speaker describes the conduct and inner state of the twice-born in a forest setting: they enter it without emotional turbulence and live so peacefully that mutual fear between them and other beings does not arise.