Shloka 6
रात्रावहनि धर्मज्ञ जपन् पापैर्न लिप्यते । तत् ते5हं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि शूणुष्वैकमना नूप
rātrāv ahani dharmajña japan pāpair na lipyate | tat te 'haṃ sampravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanā nṛpa dharmajña nareśvara ||
હે ધર્મજ્ઞ નરેશ્વર! જે રાત-દિવસ આ મંત્રનો જપ કરે છે, તે પાપોથી લિપ્ત થતો નથી. એ જ મંત્ર હું તમને કહું છું—હે રાજન, એકાગ્ર ચિત્તે સાંભળો.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steady, disciplined mantra-repetition (japa), maintained continuously “by night and by day,” is presented as a purifying practice that prevents moral taint (pāpa-lepa). The verse also stresses the learner’s inner posture: attentive, single-minded listening and receptivity to dharmic instruction.
Bhīṣma, instructing the king in the Anuśāsana Parva, introduces a specific mantra/teaching. He first states its fruit—freedom from sinful taint through constant japa—and then asks the king to listen with focused attention as he is about to reveal it.