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Shloka 3

भिक्षुलक्षणम्—एकचर्याः, अहिंसा, कैवल्याश्रमः

Marks of the Mendicant: Solitary Wandering, Non-Injury, and the Kaivalya-Discipline

व्यास उवाच यस्तु पश्यन्‌ स्वभावेन विनाभावमचेतन: । पुष्यते च पुनः सर्वान्‌ प्रज्ञया मुक्तहेतुकान्‌

vyāsa uvāca | yas tu paśyan svabhāvena vinābhāvam acetanaḥ | puṣyate ca punaḥ sarvān prajñayā mukta-hetukān |

ဗျာသ မိန့်တော်မူသည်– ကမ္ဘာကို ကြည့်ရှုလျက်ပင် ၎င်းသည် ကိုယ့်သဘာဝတည်းဟူသော အရာမှသာ ပေါ်ပေါက်လာပြီး အောက်ခံသတိရှိသော မူလသဘောတရား မရှိဟု ဆုံးဖြတ်သူသည် မိုက်မဲသူဖြစ်၍ အငြင်းပွားတတ်သော ဉာဏ်ဖြင့် အကြောင်းမဲ့ဆိုချက်မျိုးစုံကို ထပ်ခါထပ်ခါ အားပေးထောက်ခံနေတတ်၏။

व्यासःVyasa
व्यासः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootव्यास
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
पश्यन्seeing/considering
पश्यन्:
TypeVerb
Rootपश्यत् (√दृश्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)
स्वभावेनby (mere) nature
स्वभावेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootस्वभाव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
विनाwithout
विना:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविना
अभावम्non-existence/absence
अभावम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअभाव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अचेतनःunconscious/insentient (one)
अचेतनः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअचेतन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुष्यतेis nourished / thrives
पुष्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootपुष्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
प्रज्ञयाby intellect/understanding
प्रज्ञया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रज्ञा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
मुक्तहेतुकान्devoid of cause/reason
मुक्तहेतुकान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमुक्तहेतुक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

The verse criticizes the view that the world is produced solely by 'svabhāva' (mere nature) without any conscious grounding or meaningful causality. It warns that such a stance leads one to keep defending baseless claims through argumentative cleverness rather than true discernment.

In Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Vyāsa is presenting a philosophical evaluation of doctrines about the origin and governance of the world. Here he rebukes a naturalistic, non-conscious-cause explanation and characterizes its proponent as repeatedly propping up causeless assertions.