Shloka 6
त्रयी समस्तवर्णानां द्विज संवरणं यतः नग्नो भवत्य् उज्झितायाम् अतस् तस्याम् असंशयम्
trayī samastavarṇānāṃ dvija saṃvaraṇaṃ yataḥ nagno bhavaty ujjhitāyām atas tasyām asaṃśayam
For among all the social orders, the covering of the twice-born is the triple Veda; when it is cast aside, that dvija becomes, without doubt, ‘naked’.
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.