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Shloka 6

सूक्ष्मभूत-भूतात्मविज्ञानम्

Knowing the subtle principle and the bhūtātman through yoga

Devanagari script

अश्वस्तनविधाता स्यान्मुनिर्भावसमाहित: । लघ्वाशी नियताहार: सकृदन्ननिषेविता

Transliteration

aśvastana-vidhātā syān munir bhāva-samāhitaḥ | laghvāśī niyatāhāraḥ sakṛd-anna-niṣevitā ||

Translation

ဗျာသက မိန့်တော်မူသည်– «မုနိသည် နောက်နေ့အတွက် စားနပ်ရိက္ခာ မစုဆောင်းသင့်။ အတွင်းစိတ်အင်အားများကို တစ်ချက်တည်းသို့ စုစည်းကာ တိတ်ဆိတ်၍ တည်ငြိမ်စွာ နေထိုင်သင့်သည်။ အစာကို ပေါ့ပါးစွာ၊ စည်းကမ်းတကျ စားသုံး၍ နေ့နှင့်ညတွင် တစ်ကြိမ်သာ အစာ (အနှံ) ကို သုံးဆောင်သင့်သည်»။

Word by Word

अश्वस्तनविधाताone who provides (food) for the next day (i.e., stores for tomorrow)

स्यात्should be

मुनिःsage

भावसमाहितःwith mind/inner state collected; mentally concentrated

लघ्वाशीone who eats lightly

नियताहारःregulated in diet; having controlled food-intake

सकृत्once

अन्ननिषेविताone who partakes of food (only once)

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

muni (sage)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches ascetic restraint: do not hoard food for tomorrow, keep the mind collected and quiet, eat lightly with regulated discipline, and limit oneself to a single meal within the day-night cycle.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa lays down practical rules of conduct for a muni—guidelines for daily living that cultivate detachment, simplicity, and mental concentration.