Shloka 4
भीष्म उवाच व्यासप्रोक्तमिमं मन्त्र शुणुष्वैकमना नृप । सावितन्र्या विहित॑ दिव्यं सद्य: पापविमोचनम्
bhīṣma uvāca
vyāsaproktaṃ imaṃ mantraṃ śṛṇuṣva ekamanā nṛpa | sāvitryā vihitaṃ divyaṃ sadyaḥ pāpavimocanam ||
毗湿摩说道：“大王啊，请以一心专注聆听这由毗耶娑所传授的真言。此乃娑维特丽女神所建立的神圣咒法，能使人立刻从罪垢中解脱。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Focused listening and receptivity to sacred instruction are presented as prerequisites for spiritual efficacy; the verse highlights a divinely instituted mantra (linked with Savitri) as a means of immediate purification from sin, emphasizing inner attention (ekamanāḥ) and the purificatory power of mantra within dharma.
In the Anushasana Parva’s didactic setting, Bhishma addresses the king (Yudhishthira) and introduces a specific mantra, stating its authoritative source (Vyasa) and its divine origin (Savitri), while promising its immediate power to remove sin.