Shloka 82
Teaching of Karma-yoga
Student Conduct, Vedic Study, and Gāyatrī Supremacy
नाष्टकाद्यास्वधीयीत मारुते चाभिधावति । अनध्यायस्तु नांगेषु नेतिहासपुराणयोः
nāṣṭakādyāsvadhīyīta mārute cābhidhāvati | anadhyāyastu nāṃgeṣu netihāsapurāṇayoḥ
اَشٹکا وغیرہ کے مواقع میں مطالعہ نہ کرے، اور نہ ہی تیز ہوا چلنے کے وقت۔ مگر انَدیھیا کی یہ پابندی ویدانگوں پر لاگو نہیں، نہ ہی اِتیہاس اور پرانوں پر۔
Unspecified (narratorial injunction within the Svarga-khaṇḍa context; traditional frame often features Pulastya instructing Bhīṣma, but this verse alone does not name the speaker).
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Sandhi Resolution Notes: नाष्टकाद्यासु = न + अष्टका-आद्यasu; चाभिधावति = च + अभिधावति; अनध्यायस्तु = अनध्यायः + तु; नांगेषु = न + अङ्गेषु; नेतिहासपुराणयोः = न + इतिहास-पुराणयोः.
FAQs
It states that Vedic-style study/recitation should be suspended during Aṣṭakā-type observances and when strong winds are blowing.
It says the anadhyāya restriction does not apply to the ancillary disciplines (aṅgas) and does not apply to recitation/study of the Itihāsas and Purāṇas.
It emphasizes disciplined, context-sensitive sacred study—observing ritual propriety for Vedic recitation while still allowing continued engagement with devotional and narrative scriptures like the Itihāsas and Purāṇas.