Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ततः स धर्म वेदोक्त तथा शास्त्रोक्तमेव च । शिष्टाचीर्ण च धर्म च त्रिविधं चिन्त्य चेतसा

Transliteration

tataḥ sa dharma vedoktaḥ tathā śāstrokta eva ca | śiṣṭācīrṇaś ca dharmaś ca trividhaṁ cintya cetasā ||

Translation

Pagkaraan, dapat pagnilayan nang may matatag na isip ang dharma bilang tatlo: (1) yaong itinuturo sa Veda, (2) yaong itinatakda sa mga śāstra, at (3) yaong isinasabuhay ng mga may kultura at huwaran (śiṣṭa).

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• सः: he/that (person)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मम्: dharma/duty/law
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वेदोक्तम्: enjoined in the Veda
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेदोक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: and likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• शास्त्रोक्तम्: enjoined in the śāstra
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शास्त्रोक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शिष्टाचीर्णम्: practised by the learned/virtuous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिष्टाचीर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• धर्मम्: dharma
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्रिविधम्: threefold/of three kinds
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिविध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चिन्त्य: to be considered/reflected upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त्
• Form: Gerundive (तव्यत्/यत्-type), indeclinable in sense here, Passive (obligative sense)

• चेतसा: with the mind
• चेतसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma teaches that dharma should be understood through three complementary authorities: Vedic revelation (vedokta), śāstric formulation (śāstrokta), and the lived practice of exemplary people (śiṣṭācāra). Ethical judgment should weigh all three.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on righteous living, Bhīṣma continues advising on how to discern dharma, directing the listener to contemplate its three recognized sources rather than relying on a single criterion.