Shloka 6
च्यवन-कुशिक-संवादः
Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Hospitality, Service, and Lineage Questions
युधिछिर उवाच षडपध्वंसजा: के स्यु: के वाप्पपसदास्तथा । एतत् सर्व यथातत्त्वं व्याख्यातुं मे त्वमरहसि
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | ṣaḍ-apadhvaṃsajāḥ ke syuḥ ke vā apapasadās tathā | etat sarvaṃ yathātattvaṃ vyākhyātuṃ me tvam arhasi ||
Tinanong ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “Lolo ko, sinu-sino ang anim na uri ng mga anak na tinatawag na apadhvaṃsaja, at sinu-sino naman ang tinatawag na apapasada? Ipaliwanag mo sa akin ang lahat ng ito nang tapat at ayon sa tunay na kalagayan, sapagkat ikaw ang may kakayahang gumawa nito.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a dharma-oriented inquiry: Yudhiṣṭhira asks for a precise, truthful explanation of technical social-ethical categories (apadhvaṃsaja and apapasada), emphasizing that moral and legal judgments should be grounded in clear definitions rather than assumption.
During the Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional dialogue, Yudhiṣṭhira requests an elder authority to clarify who is classified under certain disputed or technical categories of birth/status, preparing the ground for a detailed exposition on social norms and their ethical implications.