Shloka 3

Parāśara’s Counsel on बुद्धि (Discernment), Karma-Consequences, and Avoidance of Pāpānubandha Actions

Devanagari script

भवता कथितं होतच्छुद्दधे चाहमच्युत । भूयस्तु मे समुत्पन्ना बुद्धिरव्यक्तदर्शनात्‌

Transliteration

bhavatā kathitaṃ hotacchuddadhe cāham acyuta | bhūyastu me samutpannā buddhir avyaktadarśanāt ||

Translation

โอ้อจยุตะ ท่านได้เล่าเรื่องนี้แล้ว ข้าพเจ้าจึงรับไว้เป็นความจริงและวางใจ เพราะท่านไม่เคยคลาดจากสัจจะ แต่ความหมายยังไม่กระจ่างแก่ข้าพเจ้า ด้วยยังปรากฏไม่แจ้งต่อทัศนะของข้าพเจ้า คำถามจึงบังเกิดขึ้นในใจอีกครั้ง

Word by Word

• {'bhavatā': 'by you (instrumental singular of bhavat)', 'kathitam': 'told, narrated', 'śraddadhe': 'I trust, I place faith (in it)', 'aham': 'I', 'acyuta': "Acyuta

• 'the infallible one' (epithet of a revered, truth-abiding person)", 'bhūyas': 'again, once more', 'me': 'to me / in me', 'samutpannā': 'arisen, sprung up', 'buddhiḥ': 'understanding, intellect, thought', 'avyakta': 'unmanifest, unclear, not evident', 'darśanāt': 'because of (lack of) seeing/clarity

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Acyuta

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Trust in a truthful teacher is affirmed, yet faith is not presented as a substitute for understanding; when a teaching remains unclear (avyakta), one should ask again so that knowledge becomes explicit and ethically actionable.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Acyuta, acknowledging the reliability of his account, but admits that the point has not become clear to him; therefore he raises a renewed question, seeking further explanation.