Shloka 6

आरण्यकपर्वणि अध्यायः २१६ — इन्द्र-स्कन्द-संमुखता वज्रप्रहारश्च

Indra approaches Skanda; vajra strike and the arising of Viśākha

Devanagari script

त्ववनुग्रहबुद्धया तु विप्रैतद्‌ दर्शितं मया । वाक्यं च शृणु मे तात यत्‌ ते वक्ष्ये हित॑ द्विज

Transliteration

tv anugraha-buddhayā tu vipra etad darśitaṁ mayā | vākyaṁ ca śṛṇu me tāta yat te vakṣye hitaṁ dvija-vipravara ||

Translation

ধর্মব্যাধ বলল—হে বিপ্রবর! আপনার প্রতি অনুগ্রহবুদ্ধি থেকেই আমি এ সব কথা আপনার সামনে প্রকাশ করেছি। প্রিয় মহাশয়, আমার বাক্য শুনুন। হে দ্বিজশ্রেষ্ঠ, যা আপনার মঙ্গলকর তাই আমি বলব।

Word by Word

• {'anugraha-buddhi': 'intention of favor, benevolent purpose', 'vipra': 'brāhmaṇa

• learned priest/scholar', 'etad': 'this

• these matters', 'darśitam': 'shown, pointed out, explained', 'mayā': 'by me', 'vākya': 'speech, statement, words', 'śṛṇu': 'listen (imperative)', 'me': 'to me

• my', 'tāta': 'dear sir

• a respectful address (lit. ‘dear one/son’)', 'yat': 'that which

• what', 'te': 'to you', 'vakṣye': 'I will speak/tell', 'hita': 'beneficial, wholesome, conducive to good', 'dvija': 'twice-born (brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya)', 'vipravara': 'best among brāhmaṇas'}

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• vyādha (the hunter, speaker)
• vipra/dvija/vipravara (the brāhmaṇa interlocutor)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ethical instruction should be offered with an intention of goodwill (anugraha) and aimed at the listener’s true welfare (hita), even when the teacher appears socially humble; authority here comes from dharma and insight rather than status.

What is happening in the narrative?

The hunter addresses a brāhmaṇa respectfully, explaining that he has spoken so far out of compassion and now asks him to listen further, promising to state what is beneficial—setting the tone for a didactic discourse on dharma.