इदमेव रहस्यं च कथितं क्षेत्रवासिनाम् । मतिः परहिता कार्या वाच्यं नोद्वेगकृद्वचः
idameva rahasyaṃ ca kathitaṃ kṣetravāsinām | matiḥ parahitā kāryā vācyaṃ nodvegakṛdvacaḥ
“یہی راز کی تعلیم اس مقدّس کھیتر کے باشندوں کے لیے کہی گئی ہے۔ نیت کو دوسروں کے بھلے میں لگاؤ، اور ایسے کلمات کہو جو کسی کے دل میں اضطراب نہ پیدا کریں۔”
Śiva
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (resident-dharma)
Type: kshetra
Listener: kṣetra-vāsinaḥ / dvijāḥ
Scene: A calm ethical tableau: Kāśī residents engaged in acts of public welfare—helping pilgrims, feeding the poor—while maintaining gentle, non-provocative conversation; the sacred city backdrop reinforces ‘rahasya’ as lived virtue.
In Kāśī, inner purity is shown through a mind dedicated to others’ good and speech that does not disturb or harm.
Kāśī as the ‘kṣetra’ whose residents are given a special ethical rahasya.
A discipline of conduct: cultivate parahita-bhāva and practice gentle, non-agitating speech.