Shloka 5
मनुरुवाच — इन्द्रिय-मनः-ज्ञान-क्रमः
Manu on the hierarchy of senses, mind, and knowledge
कि यज्ञविधिरेवैष किमेतज्जप्यमुच्यते । एतनमे सर्वमाचक्ष्व सर्वज्ञो हसि मे मतः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kiṁ yajñavidhir evaiṣa kim etaj japyam ucyate | etan me sarvam ācakṣva sarvajño 'si me mataḥ | ahaṅkārakṛtaś caiva sarve nirayagāminaḥ | parāvamānī puruṣo bhavitā nirayopagaḥ |
尤提希提罗说道：“这持诵本身是否也是祭祀（yajña）之法？所谓‘应当诵念之物’（japya）又是什么？愿你将这一切为我详尽开示，因为在我看来，你是全知者。 因为以我慢而诵——自矜自夸者——皆趋地狱；而轻蔑他人者，也同样堕入地狱。”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Spiritual practice (japa) is not merely a ritual technique; its moral quality matters. If recitation is driven by ego or used to belittle others, it becomes spiritually harmful and is said to lead to a hellish destiny.
Yudhiṣṭhira questions a revered teacher about the nature of japa—whether it counts as a form of sacrificial procedure and what exactly is to be recited—while also raising an ethical warning that prideful or contemptuous practitioners incur grave demerit.