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Shloka 6

Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच तयो: संवदतोरेवं पार्थगांगेययोस्तदा । आजगाम विशुद्धात्मा नाकपृष्ठाद्‌ बृहस्पति:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tayoḥ saṃvadator evaṃ pārthagāṅgeyayos tadā | ājagāma viśuddhātmā nākapṛṣṭhād bṛhaspatiḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Mientras Pārtha (Yudhiṣṭhira) y Bhīṣma, nacido del Gaṅgā, conversaban así, Bṛhaspati—puro de espíritu—llegó allí desde las alturas del cielo.»

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

तयोःof the two

संवदतोःwhile the two were conversing

एवम्thus

पार्थगांगेययोःof Partha and Gangeya (Yudhisthira and Bhishma)

तदाthen

आजगामcame/arrived

विशुद्धात्माone whose inner self is pure

नाकपृष्ठात्from the surface of heaven (svarga)

बृहस्पतिःBrihaspati

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira (Pārtha)

Bhīṣma (Gāṅgeya)

Bṛhaspati

Heaven (Nāka/Svarga)

Gaṅgā

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse signals that sincere inquiry into dharma—here, the dialogue between Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīṣma—draws and deserves higher, authoritative guidance. Bṛhaspati’s arrival underscores the sanctity and seriousness of ethical deliberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

As Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīṣma continue their conversation, Bṛhaspati, the divine preceptor, comes from heaven to the scene, indicating an impending intervention or reinforcement of the dharma-instruction being given.