Shloka 6
Arjuna’s request to Krishna and the opening of the Kāśyapa–Brāhmaṇa mokṣa discourse (Āśvamedhika-parva 16)
यत् तद् भगवता प्रोक्तं पुरा केशव सौह्ृदात् | तत् सर्व पुरुषव्याप्र नष्टं मे भ्रष्टचेतस:
yat tad bhagavatā proktaṃ purā keśava sauhṛdāt | tat sarvaṃ puruṣavyāghra naṣṭaṃ me bhraṣṭacetasaḥ |
毗湿摩波衍那说：“然而，噢，计舍婆！你曾出于友爱，早先将那神圣的教诲传授于我。如今，噢，人中之虎！因我心神不定，那一切都从我这里失落了——我已忘却。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the fragility of retained wisdom: even profound instruction given by a revered teacher can be forgotten when the mind becomes disturbed. It implicitly points to the need for steadiness of mind, repeated reflection, and disciplined remembrance to preserve ethical and spiritual understanding.
A speaker recalls that Keśava (Kṛṣṇa) had earlier given him instruction out of friendship, but he now confesses that due to mental agitation he has lost that knowledge and forgotten it, addressing Keśava with honorific epithets.