Shloka 5
Cāturhotra as Inner Sacrifice (Yoga-Yajña) and Nārāyaṇa Recitation
गन्धो रसश्षु रूपं च शब्द: स्पर्शक्ष पठचम: । मन्तव्यमथ बोद्धव्यं सप्तैते कर्महेतव:,गन्ध, रस, रूप, शब्द, पाँचवाँ स्पर्श तथा मन्तव्य और बोद्धव्य--ये सात विषय कर्मरूप हेतु हैं
gandho rasaś ca rūpaṃ ca śabdaḥ sparśaś ca pañcamaḥ | mantavyam atha boddhavyaṃ saptaite karmahetavaḥ ||
ព្រះព្រាហ្មណ៍បានមានព្រះបន្ទូលថា៖ «ក្លិន រស រូប សំឡេង និងការប៉ះពាល់ជាទីប្រាំ—រួមទាំងអ្វីដែលត្រូវពិចារណា និងអ្វីដែលត្រូវយល់ដឹង—ទាំងប្រាំពីរនេះហើយ ជាមូលហេតុដែលជំរុញឲ្យកម្មកើតឡើង»។
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Actions (karma) arise from engagement with sense-objects (smell, taste, form, sound, touch) and from inner cognition—what one entertains in thought (mantavyam) and what one comes to know/understand (boddhavyam). Ethical living therefore requires vigilance over both the senses and the mind’s deliberation and understanding.
A Brahmin speaker is instructing the listener by enumerating the principal drivers of human action. The verse functions as a didactic listing within a broader moral-philosophical discourse in the Ashvamedhika Parva.