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Shloka 6

उपदेशदोषप्रसङ्गः (Upadeśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Risk of Misapplied Counsel

ब्रह्माश्रमपदे वृत्तं पाश्वे हिमवत: शुभे । तत्राश्रमपद पुण्यं नानावृक्षणणायुतम्‌,हिमालयके सुन्दर पार्श्रभागमें, जहाँ बहुत-से ब्राह्मणोंके आश्रम बने हुए हैं, यह वृत्तान्त घटित हुआ था। उस प्रदेशमें एक पवित्र आश्रम है जहाँ नाना प्रकारके हरे-भरे वृक्ष शोभा पाते हैं

brahmāśramapade vṛttaṁ pārśve himavataḥ śubhe | tatrāśramapadaṁ puṇyaṁ nānāvṛkṣagaṇāyutam ||

Bhīṣma berkata: “Peristiwa ini berlaku di sebuah penempatan pertapaan suci berhampiran Himālaya yang bertuah. Di wilayah itu berdirilah sebuah āśrama yang kudus, dihiasi oleh beraneka jenis pohon dalam jumlah yang banyak.”

ब्रह्माश्रमपदेin the place of Brahmin hermitages
ब्रह्माश्रमपदे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्माश्रमपद
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
वृत्तम्the event/account
वृत्तम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
पार्श्वेon/at the side
पार्श्वे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपार्श्व
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
हिमवत:of Himavat (the Himalaya)
हिमवत::
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootहिमवत्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
शुभेauspicious (place)
शुभे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
Formtrue
आश्रमपदम्a hermitage-site
आश्रमपदम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआश्रमपद
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
पुण्यम्holy, meritorious
पुण्यम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
नानावृक्षगणायुतम्filled with multitudes of various trees
नानावृक्षगणायुतम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनानावृक्षगणायुत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
H
Himavat (Himālaya)
Ā
āśrama (hermitage)
B
brahmin hermitages
T
trees (vṛkṣāḥ)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames the forthcoming instruction within a puṇya (sacred, merit-bearing) āśrama setting near the Himālaya, implying that ethical discourse and dharma are best grounded in purity of place, disciplined life, and proximity to sages and brahminical practice.

Bhīṣma introduces the location of an incident: near the Himālaya there is a brahmin hermitage-settlement, and within it a particularly holy āśrama rich with many kinds of trees; this serves as the scene-setting for the story that follows.