Shloka 3
आचारप्रशंसा
Praise of Ācāra as the Basis of Longevity, Fame, and Prosperity
तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण जपहोमैस्तथौषधै: । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा तने ब्रूहि पितामह
tapasā brahmacaryeṇa japahomais tathauṣadhaiḥ | karmaṇā manasā vācā tvaṁ me brūhi pitāmaha ||
ຢຸທິສຖິຣາ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ພຣະອາວຸໂສປິຕາມະຫາ! ດ້ວຍຕະປະ (ການບຳເນັດ), ດ້ວຍພຣະຫມະຈັນຍະ (ວິໄນພຣະຫມະ), ດ້ວຍການສວດມົນ ແລະການບູຊາໄຟ, ພ້ອມທັງວິທີດ້ານຢາ—ໂດຍການກະທຳ, ໂດຍໃຈ, ແລະໂດຍວາຈາ—ຂໍທ່ານຈົ່ງບອກຂ້ອຍວ່າ ມະນຸດຄວນພຶ່ງພາສິ່ງໃດເປັນຫຼັກ ເພື່ອໄດ້ຮ່ວມໃນຄຸນຄ່າອັນສູງສຸດ»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical inquiry: which disciplines—asceticism, celibate restraint, mantra-recitation, fire-offering, or medicinal/remedial means—when practiced through deed, thought, and speech, most effectively lead a person to śreyas (the highest good). It emphasizes that spiritual progress is evaluated across the three channels of human agency: body (karma), mind (manas), and speech (vāc).
In the Anuśāsana Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira seeks instruction on dharma from the elder Bhīṣma (addressed as Pitāmaha). Here he asks Bhīṣma to clarify what practices a person should rely upon—across action, intention, and speech—to attain true welfare and moral-spiritual excellence.