Shloka 52
Vānaprastha-dharma and Tapas: Śiva–Umā Saṃvāda
Forest-Stage Discipline and Austerity
तदनन्तर विद्युत्प्रभने इन्द्रसे कहा--“शतक्रतो! यह सूक्ष्मतर धर्म मैं बता रहा हूँ। इसे ध्यानपूर्वक सुनिये ।। घृष्टो वटकषायेण अनुलिप्त: प्रियंगुणा । क्षीरेण षष्टिकान् भुक््त्वा सर्वपापै: प्रमुच्यते
tadanantaraṃ vidyutprabhane indraḥ se kahā— “śatakrato! ayaṃ sūkṣmataraḥ dharmaḥ mayā te kathyate; taṃ dhārayitvā śṛṇu. ghṛṣṭo vaṭakaṣāyeṇa anuliptaḥ priyaṅguṇā, kṣīreṇa ṣaṣṭikān bhuktvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate.”
ຕໍ່ມາ ອິນທຣະຜູ້ສະຫວ່າງດັ່ງຟ້າຜ່າ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຊະຕະກຣະຕຸ, ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະບອກກົດແຫ່ງທຳທີ່ລະອຽດຍິ່ງກວ່າ—ຈົ່ງຟັງດ້ວຍໃຈຈົດຈໍ່ ແລະຈົ່ງຈື່ຈຳ. ຜູ້ໃດຖູກາຍດ້ວຍນ້ຳຕົ້ມຈາກເປືອກໄມ້ບັນຍັນ (ວະຕະ), ທາດ້ວຍ priyaṅgu, ແລ້ວກິນເຂົ້າ ṣaṣṭika ກັບນົມ ຍ່ອມພົ້ນຈາກບາບທັງປວງ.»
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Indra presents a ‘subtle dharma’ framed as a purificatory observance: specific bodily cleansing/anointing followed by a simple ritual diet (ṣaṣṭika rice with milk) is said to remove sin. The ethical emphasis is on purification and disciplined conduct as a means of moral restoration.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-focused setting, Śakra (Indra) speaks and teaches an observance described as especially subtle. He gives a concrete procedure—banyan-bark decoction rubbing, priyaṅgu anointing, and eating rice with milk—promising release from sins.