Shloka 6

Gṛhastha-vṛtti and Niyama: Models of Householder Livelihood and Discipline (गृहस्थवृत्ति-नियमाः)

Devanagari script

पज्चभि: सतत यज्ञैः श्रदधानो यजेत च । धृतिमानप्रमत्तश्न दान्तो धर्मविदात्मवान्‌

Transliteration

pañcabhiḥ satata-yajñaiḥ śraddadhāno yajeta ca | dhṛtimān apramattaś ca dānto dharmavid ātmavān ||

Translation

毗耶娑说：当以信心恒常行五种常祭（五大祭）。当坚忍而警觉，自制其身，通达达摩，并能主宰自心——以日常职责之纪律来礼敬至上者，而非因怠惰或冲动而行。

Word by Word

• {'pañcabhiḥ': 'with five', 'satata-yajñaiḥ': 'with continual/regular sacrifices

• daily obligatory offerings', 'śraddadhānaḥ': 'having faith

• acting with reverent trust', 'yajeta': 'should worship/sacrifice

• should perform the rite/duty', 'ca': 'and', 'dhṛtimān': 'steadfast

• endowed with fortitude', 'apramattaḥ': 'non-negligent

• not careless', 'dāntaḥ': 'self-controlled

• senses subdued', 'dharmavit (dharmavid)': 'knower of dharma

• one who understands righteous duty', 'ātmavān': 'self-possessed

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• pañca-mahāyajña (the five great daily sacrifices)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Faithful performance of the five daily great sacrifices, combined with steadiness, vigilance (non-negligence), restraint of the senses, knowledge of dharma, and mastery of the mind—this is presented as the proper way to live and to worship the Supreme through everyday righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right living, Vyāsa delivers a prescriptive guideline for household and ethical life: worship is not only ritual but sustained daily duty, requiring inner discipline and alertness against negligence.