Shloka 6

Gautama’s Flight, the Enchanted Grove, and the Arrival of Rājadharma

Nāḍījaṅgha

Devanagari script

आचारानिह सत्यस्य यथावदनुपूर्वश: । लक्षणं च प्रवक्ष्यामि सत्यस्येह यथाक्रमम्‌,अब मैं तुम्हें क्रमश: सत्यके आचार और लक्षण ठीक-ठीक बताऊँगा

Transliteration

ācārān iha satyasya yathāvad anupūrvaśaḥ | lakṣaṇaṃ ca pravakṣyāmi satyasyeha yathākramam ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “Here I shall explain—accurately and in due sequence—the disciplines of conduct that belong to truthfulness, and I shall also set forth, step by step, the defining marks of truth as it is to be understood in this teaching.”

Word by Word

• आचारान्: conducts, practices
• आचारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• सत्यस्य: of truth
• सत्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• यथावत्: properly, duly
• यथावत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत्

• अनुपूर्वशः: in due order, successively
• अनुपूर्वशः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनुपूर्वशः

• लक्षणम्: mark, characteristic
• लक्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall declare/tell
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सत्यस्य: of truth
• सत्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• यथाक्रमम्: in proper sequence
• यथाक्रमम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथाक्रमम्

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhishma introduces a systematic exposition of satya—both the practical disciplines that cultivate truthfulness and the defining characteristics by which true speech and true conduct can be recognized.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instructional setting, Bhishma continues his dharma-teaching and signals a structured, step-by-step explanation focused specifically on the ethics and marks of truth.