Shloka 5
देवतापितृप्रश्नः — Nārada at Badarīāśrama: the ultimate referent of daiva and pitṛ worship
सत्यमार्जवमक्रोधमनसूयां दमं तप: । अहिंसां चानृशंस्यं च विधिवत् परिपालय,सत्य, सरलता, अक्रोध, दोषदर्शनका अभाव, इन्द्रिय-संयम, तप, अहिंसा और दया आदि धर्मोंका विधिपूर्वक पालन करो
satyam ārjavam akrodham anasūyāṁ damaṁ tapaḥ | ahiṁsāṁ cānṛśaṁsyaṁ ca vidhivat paripālaya ||
Vyāsa disse: “Observa, de modo apropriado, estas disciplinas: veracidade, retidão, ausência de ira, ausência de inveja que procura defeitos, contenção dos sentidos, austeridade (tapas), não-violência (ahiṃsā) e compaixão sem crueldade; estas são as bases da conduta justa.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse instructs the disciplined practice of key dharmic virtues—truth, integrity, non-anger, non-enviousness, sense-restraint, austerity, non-violence, and compassion—as a coherent ethical foundation to be maintained correctly and consistently.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, Vyāsa delivers a concise ethical injunction, listing fundamental virtues to be observed as part of righteous living and inner governance after the upheavals of war.