Shloka 11
भिक्षुलक्षणम्—एकचर्याः, अहिंसा, कैवल्याश्रमः
Marks of the Mendicant: Solitary Wandering, Non-Injury, and the Kaivalya-Discipline
भूतानां जन्म सर्वेषां विविधानां चतुर्विधम् | जरायुजाण्डजोद्धिज्जस्वेदजं चोपलक्षयेत्
bhūtānāṃ janma sarveṣāṃ vividhānāṃ caturvidham | jarāyujāṇḍajodbhijja-svedajaṃ copalakṣayet |
ବ୍ୟାସ କହନ୍ତି—ସଂସାରରେ ବିଭିନ୍ନ ପ୍ରାଣୀମାନଙ୍କ ଜନ୍ମ ଚାରି ପ୍ରକାର—ଜରାୟୁଜ, ଅଣ୍ଡଜ, ସ୍ୱେଦଜ ଓ ଉଦ୍ଭିଜ୍ଜ। ଏହି ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କ ଜନ୍ମଭେଦକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଲକ୍ଷ୍ୟ କରିବା ଉଚିତ।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
To cultivate reflective discernment about saṃsāra by recognizing that all living beings arise through four traditional modes of birth; this supports an ethical attitude of respect and restraint toward life in its many forms.
Vyāsa is instructing the listener in a contemplative, knowledge-oriented strand of Śānti Parva, directing attention to the diversity of embodied existence by enumerating the fourfold classification of births.