Shloka 6
भिक्षुलक्षणम्—एकचर्याः, अहिंसा, कैवल्याश्रमः
Marks of the Mendicant: Solitary Wandering, Non-Injury, and the Kaivalya-Discipline
स्वभावो हि विनाशाय मोहकर्म मनोभव: । निरुक्तमेतयोरेतत् स््वभावपरिभावयो:
svabhāvo hi vināśāya mohakarma manobhavaḥ | niruktam etayor etat svabhāva-paribhāvayoḥ ||
毗耶娑说道：“‘唯自性’（svabhāva）之说趋向毁灭；它是由迷妄而生、从心意而起的作为。关于这两者——自性（svabhāva）与变异（paribhāva）——已略作陈述。现在且听我进一步阐明它们的真实旨趣。”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vyāsa warns that explaining life solely through ‘svabhāva’ (nature alone) becomes a delusion-born stance that can lead to moral and spiritual ruin, because it undermines accountability, dharma, and the deeper causal order implied by karma and higher principles.
In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa is instructing the listener by introducing a discussion of two concepts—svabhāva and paribhāva—stating a preliminary judgment about svabhāva and then signaling that a fuller exposition will follow.