Shloka 6

Nakula’s Counsel on Yajña, Dāna, and Tyāga (नकुलोपदेशः—यज्ञदानत्यागविचारः)

Devanagari script

अत्याश्रमानयं सर्वनित्याहुर्वेदनिश्चया:

Transliteration

atyāśramāṇayaṁ sarvanityāhur vedaniścayāḥ

Translation

那俱罗说道：“凡于吠陀正见中坚固不移者，皆宣说此为恒常修习之戒行——它引人依正当次第历经人生诸住期，并使行止端稳。”

Word by Word

• अति: excessively, beyond
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति

• आश्रमाणाम्: of the āśramas (stages/orders of life)
• आश्रमाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अयम्: this (one/this)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नित्यम्: always, constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• आहुः: they say, they have said
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

• वेद-निश्चयाः: those whose conviction is based on the Veda / Veda-deciders
• वेद-निश्चयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदनिश्चय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• Veda
• Āśrama (stages of life)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse appeals to Vedic authority to emphasize that right conduct is sustained by constant practice and by alignment with the āśrama-based framework of dharma (ordered disciplines/stages of life).

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula is speaking within the Shanti Parva’s dharma-discourse, citing what Veda-grounded authorities say to support a point about disciplined, continual observance of life-ordering duties.