Shloka 6
Adhyāya 179 — Bharadvāja’s Reductionist Inquiry into Jīva and Pañcabhūta Dissolution
बोध्य उवाच उपदेशेन वर्तामि नानुशास्मीह कंचन । लक्षणं तस्य बक्ष्येडहं तत् स्वयं परिमृश्यताम्
bodhya uvāca | upadeśena vartāmi nānuśāsmīha kañcana | lakṣaṇaṃ tasya vakṣye'haṃ tat svayaṃ parimṛśyatām ||
بودھیہ نے کہا—“اے راجن! میں یہاں کسی کو حکم دے کر نصیحت نہیں کرتا؛ میں تو اسی اُپدیش کے مطابق چلتا ہوں جو مجھے ملا ہے۔ میں اس اُپدیش کی پہچان بیان کرتا ہوں—تم خود اس پر غور کرو۔”
बोध्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The speaker distinguishes between living by received guidance (upadeśa) and authoritatively commanding others (anuśāsana). The ethical emphasis is humility and personal practice: one should embody instruction and invite thoughtful reflection rather than impose rules.
In the Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Bodhya addresses a listener (implicitly a king) and frames his discourse: he will not issue orders, but will describe the defining sign of the teaching he follows, asking the listener to examine it independently.