Shloka 5
अहिंसा-आत्मौपम्य-उपदेशः | Instruction on Ahiṃsā and Self-Comparison Ethics
नाभिं भाद्रपदे विद्याद् रेवत्यामक्षिमण्डलम् | पृष्ठमेव धनिष्ठासु अनुराधोत्तरास्तथा
Bhīṣma uvāca — Nābhiṃ bhādrapade vidyād Revatyām akṣimaṇḍalam | Pṛṣṭham eva Dhaniṣṭhāsu Anurādhottarās tathā ||
ناف کو (پورو/اُتّر) بھاد्रپد میں جانو، آنکھوں کے حلقے کو ریوَتی میں، اور پشت کو دھنِشٹھا میں؛ اسی طرح انورادھا اور ‘اُتّرا’ کو بھی مناسب مقام پر قائم سمجھو۔
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches a traditional correspondence between bodily regions (navel, eyes, back) and specific nakṣatras, reflecting a dharmic-ritual worldview in which the human body is read as a microcosm aligned with cosmic order.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and allied traditional sciences; here he enumerates astral correspondences, assigning particular nakṣatras to parts of the body as part of a larger explanatory scheme.