Shloka 10

Nakula’s Counsel on Yajña, Dāna, and Tyāga (नकुलोपदेशः—यज्ञदानत्यागविचारः)

Devanagari script

अनिकेत: परिपतन वृक्षमूलाश्रयो मुनि: । अपाचक: सदा योगी स त्यागी पार्थ भिक्षुक:,पार्थ! जिसका कोई घर-बार नहीं, जो इधर-उधर विचरता और चुपचाप किसी वृक्षके नीचे उसकी जड़पर सो जाता है, जो अपने लिये कभी रसोई नहीं बनाता और सदा योगपरायण रहता है, ऐसे त्यागीको भिक्षुक कहते हैं

Transliteration

aniketaḥ paripatan vṛkṣamūlāśrayo muniḥ | apācakaḥ sadā yogī sa tyāgī pārtha bhikṣukaḥ ||

Translation

ນະກຸລາ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ປາຣຖະ, ຜູ້ຂໍທານ (ພິກຂຸກະ) ແມ່ນມຸນີຜູ້ສະຫຼະທີ່ບໍ່ມີທີ່ຢູ່ຖາວອນ, ພາກພຽນເດີນທາງໄປມາ, ຢູ່ຢ່າງສງົບຢູ່ທີ່ໂຄນຕົ້ນໄມ້, ບໍ່ເຄີຍປຸງອາຫານເພື່ອຕົນເອງ, ແລະຕັ້ງຢູ່ໃນໂຢກະເປັນນິດ—ຜູ້ສະຫຼະແບບນີ້ ເອີ້ນວ່າ ພິກຂຸກະ»។

Word by Word

अनिकेतःhomeless; having no abode

परिपतन्wandering about

वृक्ष-मूल-आश्रयःone who takes shelter at the root of a tree

मुनिःsage

अपाचकःnot cooking (for himself)

सदाalways

योगीyogi; practitioner of yoga

सःhe; such a one

त्यागीrenouncer

पार्थO Partha (Arjuna)

भिक्षुकःmendicant; beggar-monk

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nakula

Pārtha (Arjuna)

tree (vṛkṣa)

tree-root (mūla)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A true bhikṣuka is defined by non-attachment and disciplined living: no fixed residence, minimal dependence on possessions, no cooking or storing for oneself, and steady commitment to yoga. The emphasis is ethical—renunciation expressed through conduct, simplicity, and inner steadiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula is describing to Pārtha (Arjuna) the marks of a mendicant-renouncer. The verse functions as a concise characterization of the ascetic ideal within the Śānti Parva’s broader instruction on dharma and peace-oriented life.