Shloka 6
Jñāna-yoga and Karma-phala: Manu–Bṛhaspati on Akṣara and the Limits of Mantra
पज्चाद्रों भोजनं भुज्ज्यात् प्राइमुखो मौनमास्थित: । ननिन्द्यादन्नभक्ष्यांश्न स्वाद्वस्वादु च भक्षयेत्
pañcāṅgāni prakṣālya bhojanaṁ bhuñjīta prāṅmukho maunam āsthitaḥ | na nindyād annabhakṣyāṇi svādv-asvādu ca bhakṣayet ||
毗湿摩说道：“洗净五肢——双手、双足与口——然后面向东方而食，进食之时守默不语。不可讥嫌所供之食。无论甘美与否，皆当无憎而受。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches disciplined, respectful conduct at meals: cleanse oneself, eat with mindful restraint (silence), avoid fault-finding toward what is offered, and accept food without attachment to taste.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right conduct, Bhishma gives Yudhishthira practical rules of daily life—here, the ethical and ritual propriety of taking food.