Shloka 6
नारद–असित (देवल) संवादः — भूतप्रभवाप्यय, इन्द्रिय-गुण-विवेक, क्षेत्रज्ञ-तत्त्व
युधिष्ठि!! इस विषयमें जानकार लोग महर्षि कपिल और गौके भीतर आविष्ट हुए स्यूमरश्मिके संवादरूप एक प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं, उसे सुनो ।।
Yudhiṣṭhira! Asmin viṣaye jñāninaḥ janāḥ maharṣi-kapilasya ca gāvaḥ-antar-āviṣṭasya syūmarasmika-saṃvāda-rūpaṃ prācīnam itihāsa-dṛṣṭāntam udāharanti; taṃ śṛṇu. Āmnāyam anupaśyan hi purāṇaṃ śāśvataṃ dhruvam, Nahuṣaḥ pūrvam ālebhe Tvaṣṭuḥ gām iti naḥ śrutam.
「ユディシュティラよ！この件について、識者たちは古の先例を引く。すなわち、大仙カピラと、牛の身に入り込んだスユーマラシュミカとの対話として語られる古伝である――それを聴け。ヴェーダの伝統を古く、常住にして揺るがぬものと見なして、われらはこう聞いている。昔、ナフシャ王は、家に来訪した客トヴァシュトリのために一頭の牛を屠ろうと決意したのだ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma frames an ethical dilemma—how to act rightly when duties appear to conflict—by appealing to an ancient, authoritative precedent. The verse sets up a discussion on dharma where Vedic tradition, guest-honor, and the morality of harming a cow will be weighed through a remembered dialogue.
Bhīṣma tells Yudhiṣṭhira to listen to an old example: a dialogue involving Kapila and Syūmarasmika (who is said to have entered a cow). He then introduces the incident that King Nahuṣa, treating Vedic injunction as eternal authority, intended to slaughter a cow to honor the guest Tvaṣṭṛ.