Shloka 6
Ācāra-vidhi (Rules of Conduct) — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Catalogue
बस्तिमूलं गुदं चैव पावकं समुपाश्रित: । वहन्मूत्रं पुरीषं चाप्यपान: परिवर्तते,अपान वायु जठरानल, मूत्राशय और गुदाका आश्रय ले मल एवं मूत्रको निकालता हुआ ऊपरसे नीचेको घूमता रहता है
bastimūlaṃ gudaṃ caiva pāvakaṃ samupāśritaḥ | vahanmūtraṃ purīṣaṃ cāpyapānaḥ parivartate ||
バラドヴァージャは言った。「アパーナ・ヴァーユ（apāna-vāyu）は、膀胱の根の領域、肛門、そして消化の火に依りつつ、つねに下方へと巡る。尿と糞を運び、これを身体の外へ排出するのである。この教えは、身体の働きを規律正しく、事実のままに理解することが、自己認識と自制の一部であり、具身の条件を明らかにすることで倫理の生を支えるのだと示している。」
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches a clear understanding of the apāna-vāyu as the vital force responsible for downward movement and elimination. Such knowledge supports self-mastery: recognizing the body’s processes without attachment helps cultivate restraint, purity, and steadiness in dharmic living.
In a didactic explanation, Bharadvāja describes how apāna operates in the body—taking support near the bladder-root, anus, and digestive fire, and moving downward to carry and expel urine and feces—within a broader Shānti Parva discussion on inner discipline and the constituents of embodied life.