Shloka 6
Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)
तस्मान्निशम्य सत्यं मे कुरुष्व यदनन्तरम् । (यस्तु राजा वसुर्नाम श्रुतस्ते भरतर्षभ । तस्य शुक्रादहं मत्स्याद् धृता कुक्षौ पुरा किल ।।
tasmān niśamya satyaṃ me kuruṣva yad anantaram | (yas tu rājā vasur nāma śrutas te bharatarṣabha | tasya śukrād ahaṃ matsyād dhṛtā kukṣau purā kila || mātaraṃ me jalād dhṛtvā dāśaḥ paramadharmavit | māṃ tu svagṛham ānīya duhitṛtve hy akalpayat || dharmayuktasya dharmārtha pitur āsīt tarī mama ||)
«ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ເມື່ອເຈົ້າໄດ້ຟັງຄຳເລົ່າອັນແທ້ຂອງຂ້າແລ້ວ ຈົ່ງເຮັດສິ່ງທີ່ຄວນເຮັດຕໍ່ໄປ. ໂອ ຜູ້ເປັນຍອດໃນບັນດາພາຣະຕະ, ເຈົ້າຄົງໄດ້ຍິນນາມກະສັດ ວະສຸ. ໃນການກ່ອນ ຂ້າໄດ້ຖືກປະສົມກຳເນີດຈາກເຊື້ອຂອງພຣະອົງ; ປາຕົວໜຶ່ງໄດ້ອຸ້ມຂ້າໄວ້ໃນທ້ອງ. ນາຍເຮືອຜູ້ຮູ້ທຳມະຢ່າງຍິ່ງ ໄດ້ຈັບແມ່ຂອງຂ້າຈາກນ້ຳ ແລ້ວເອົາຂ້າອອກຈາກທ້ອງນາງ ພາໄປບ້ານ ແລະລ້ຽງເປັນລູກສາວ. ຊາຍຜູ້ຊອບທຳນັ້ນ—ພໍ່ຂອງຂ້າ—ມີເຮືອລຳໜຶ່ງ ໃຊ້ເພື່ອທຳມະ (ບໍ່ແມ່ນເພື່ອກຳໄລຢ່າງດຽວ)»។
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage foregrounds satya (truthful disclosure) as the basis for deciding proper action (yad anantaram), and it praises dharma lived in ordinary roles: the ferryman is called paramadharmavit, and even his livelihood (the boat) is framed as dharmārtha—service aligned with duty rather than mere gain.
A woman recounts her origin story: she was conceived from King Vasu, carried within a fish, then rescued from the fish’s belly by a righteous ferryman who raised her as his daughter. She urges the listener to hear this truth and then act appropriately in response.