Shloka 6

कामबन्धन-निवृत्ति तथा शान्तिलक्षण-उपदेशः | Release from Desire-Bondage and the Marks of Peace

Devanagari script

प्राणी वा यदि वाप्राणी संस्कारं यजुषाहति । न दिवा प्रस्वपेज्जातु न पूर्वापररात्रिषु,यज्ञमें यजमान एवं हविष्य आदि सबका यजुर्वेदके मन्त्रसे संस्कार होना चाहिये। गृहस्थ पुरुष दिनमें कभी न सोये। रातके पहले और पिछले भागमें भी नींद न ले

Transliteration

prāṇī vā yadi vāprāṇī saṃskāraṃ yajuṣāhati | na divā prasvapet jātu na pūrvāpararātriṣu ||

Translation

ヴィヤーサは語った。供物が生あるものでも無生のものでも、ヤジュルヴェーダの真言によって正しく浄化・加持されねばならない。家住者は決して昼に眠ってはならず、また夜の初めや夜の終わりにも眠りに溺れてはならぬ。供犠に携わり、ダルマにかなう家の道を歩む者に求められる、規律ある覚醒を保つためである。

Word by Word

प्राणीa living being

वाor

यदिif

वाor

अप्राणीa non-living thing

संस्कारम्consecration/rite of purification

यजुषाwith a Yajus (Yajurvedic formula)

आहतिstrikes/applies (performs upon)

नnot

दिवाby day / in daytime

प्रस्वपेत्should sleep

जातुever/at any time

नnot

पूर्वापररात्रिषुin the earlier and later parts of the night

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Yajurveda (Yajus)

saṃskāra (ritual consecration)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual life and household dharma require disciplined conduct: offerings must be properly consecrated with Yajurvedic mantras, and the householder should cultivate vigilance and restraint by avoiding daytime sleep and avoiding sleep in the early and late portions of the night.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa is laying down prescriptive norms of conduct connected with sacrifice and the gṛhastha stage—how ritual items are to be sanctified and what personal discipline (especially regarding sleep) is expected of the yajamāna/householder.