Shloka 56
पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages
कथं च फलमाप्रोति तेषां धर्मभूतां वर । एतदिच्छामि तत्त्वेन धर्म ज्ञातुं निबोध मे,धर्मात्माओंमें श्रेष्ठ व्याध! उन इन्द्रियोंके निग्रहका फल कैसे प्राप्त होता है? मैं इस इन्द्रिय-निग्रहरूपी धर्मको यथार्थरूपसे जानना चाहता हूँ। तुम मुझे समझाओ
kathaṃ ca phalam āpnoti teṣāṃ dharmabhūtāṃ vara | etad icchāmi tattvena dharmaṃ jñātuṃ nibodha me ||
Dijo el brahmán: «Oh el mejor entre los justos, ¿cómo se obtiene en verdad el fruto de esa disciplina que consiste en dominar los sentidos? Deseo comprender, en su naturaleza real, este dharma del autocontrol. Instrúyeme y haz que lo entienda.»
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a key ethical inquiry: sense-restraint (indriya-nigraha) is treated as dharma, and the brāhmaṇa asks how its ‘fruit’ is attained. The emphasis is that self-control is not merely a technique but a moral-spiritual discipline whose true nature and results must be understood correctly (tattvena).
In a teacher–student style dialogue, the brāhmaṇa addresses a figure regarded as ‘best among the righteous’ (vara)—in this episode, the vyādha (hunter) known for dharmic insight—and requests a clear explanation of how the practice of restraining the senses yields its proper result.