Shloka 3

Parāśara’s Counsel on बुद्धि (Discernment), Karma-Consequences, and Avoidance of Pāpānubandha Actions

Devanagari script

भवता कथितं होतच्छुद्दधे चाहमच्युत । भूयस्तु मे समुत्पन्ना बुद्धिरव्यक्तदर्शनात्‌

Transliteration

bhavatā kathitaṃ hotacchuddadhe cāham acyuta | bhūyastu me samutpannā buddhir avyaktadarśanāt ||

Translation

アチュタよ、あなたがこのことを語られたゆえ、私はそれを真実として受け入れ、信を置きます。あなたは決して真理から逸れないからです。けれども、その事はなお私の理解に明らかではありません。意味が私の観照に顕れぬため、心に再び疑問が起こりました。

Word by Word

• {'bhavatā': 'by you (instrumental singular of bhavat)', 'kathitam': 'told, narrated', 'śraddadhe': 'I trust, I place faith (in it)', 'aham': 'I', 'acyuta': "Acyuta

• 'the infallible one' (epithet of a revered, truth-abiding person)", 'bhūyas': 'again, once more', 'me': 'to me / in me', 'samutpannā': 'arisen, sprung up', 'buddhiḥ': 'understanding, intellect, thought', 'avyakta': 'unmanifest, unclear, not evident', 'darśanāt': 'because of (lack of) seeing/clarity

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Acyuta

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Trust in a truthful teacher is affirmed, yet faith is not presented as a substitute for understanding; when a teaching remains unclear (avyakta), one should ask again so that knowledge becomes explicit and ethically actionable.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Acyuta, acknowledging the reliability of his account, but admits that the point has not become clear to him; therefore he raises a renewed question, seeking further explanation.