Shloka 5

Devanagari script

स्वधर्मेण क्रिया लोके कुर्वाण: सत्यसंगर: । तिषछ्ठते तेषु गृहवान्‌ षट्सु कर्मसु स द्विज:,जगत्‌में अपने धर्मके अनुकूल कर्म करे, सत्यप्रतिज्ञ बने। गृहस्थ ब्राह्मणको पूर्वोक्त छः कर्मोमें ही स्थित रहना चाहिये

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | svadharmeṇa kriyā loke kurvāṇaḥ satyasaṅgaraḥ | tiṣṭhate teṣu gṛhavān ṣaṭsu karmasu sa dvijaḥ ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: Performing actions in the world in accordance with one’s own dharma, and remaining firmly bound by a vow of truth, the twice-born householder should abide steadily in those six prescribed duties alone.

Word by Word

स्वधर्मेणby/through one’s own duty

क्रियाaction, act

लोकेin the world

कुर्वाणःdoing, performing

सत्यसङ्गरःone whose resolve/vow is true; true to his pledge

तिष्ठतेstands, remains

तेषुin those (among them)

गृहवान्a householder; possessing a household

षट्सुin six

कर्मसुin duties/acts

सःhe

द्विजःtwice-born (Brahmin)

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

dvija (brāhmaṇa)

gṛhastha (householder)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A householder, especially a brāhmaṇa, should act according to svadharma and remain unwaveringly truthful, keeping to the traditional set of six prescribed duties rather than drifting into conduct that contradicts his role.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa is instructing on proper conduct within the Śānti Parva’s dharma discourse, emphasizing the ethical foundation (truthfulness) and the disciplined scope of obligations for the householder stage of life.