Shloka 6
गदायुद्ध-समारम्भः
Commencement of the Mace-Duel Proceedings
अन्रैव ब्राह्मणी सिद्धा कौमारब्रह्म॒चारिणी । योगयुक्ता दिवं याता तपःसिद्धा तपस्विनी
atraiva brāhmaṇī siddhā kaumāra-brahmacāriṇī | yoga-yuktā divaṃ yātā tapaḥ-siddhā tapasvinī ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Dito mismo nanirahan ang isang ganap na Brahmin na babae, na nag-ingat ng brahmacarya mula pa sa kanyang kabataan. Naganap sa pamamagitan ng tapas at matatag sa disiplina ng pag-aayuno at pagtalima, siya—nakalubog sa yoga—ay lumisan patungo sa daigdig ng langit.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse upholds brahmacarya, tapas, and yoga as ethical-spiritual disciplines that refine character and lead to higher states of attainment; it presents self-restraint and sustained practice as a legitimate path to spiritual perfection.
The narrator points out that in that very place there lived a spiritually accomplished Brahmin woman who had maintained celibate discipline since youth; through yogic absorption and the power of austerity she departs to heaven.