Shloka 5
अहिंसा-आत्मौपम्य-उपदेशः | Instruction on Ahiṃsā and Self-Comparison Ethics
नाभिं भाद्रपदे विद्याद् रेवत्यामक्षिमण्डलम् | पृष्ठमेव धनिष्ठासु अनुराधोत्तरास्तथा
Bhīṣma uvāca — Nābhiṃ bhādrapade vidyād Revatyām akṣimaṇḍalam | Pṛṣṭham eva Dhaniṣṭhāsu Anurādhottarās tathā ||
ビーシュマは言った。「臍は（プールヴァ／ウッタラ）バードラパダー（Bhādrapadā）に属し、眼の輪はレーヴァティー（Revatī）に属し、背はダニシュター（Dhaniṣṭhā）に在ると知れ。同様に、アヌラーダー（Anurādhā）と『ウッタラー』（Uttarā）も文脈に応じて相応に配されると理解せよ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches a traditional correspondence between bodily regions (navel, eyes, back) and specific nakṣatras, reflecting a dharmic-ritual worldview in which the human body is read as a microcosm aligned with cosmic order.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and allied traditional sciences; here he enumerates astral correspondences, assigning particular nakṣatras to parts of the body as part of a larger explanatory scheme.