Shloka 6
नारद–असित (देवल) संवादः — भूतप्रभवाप्यय, इन्द्रिय-गुण-विवेक, क्षेत्रज्ञ-तत्त्व
युधिष्ठि!! इस विषयमें जानकार लोग महर्षि कपिल और गौके भीतर आविष्ट हुए स्यूमरश्मिके संवादरूप एक प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं, उसे सुनो ।।
Yudhiṣṭhira! Asmin viṣaye jñāninaḥ janāḥ maharṣi-kapilasya ca gāvaḥ-antar-āviṣṭasya syūmarasmika-saṃvāda-rūpaṃ prācīnam itihāsa-dṛṣṭāntam udāharanti; taṃ śṛṇu. Āmnāyam anupaśyan hi purāṇaṃ śāśvataṃ dhruvam, Nahuṣaḥ pūrvam ālebhe Tvaṣṭuḥ gām iti naḥ śrutam.
“尤迪施提罗啊！在此事上，博学之人常举一则古例：那是以对话体叙述的古传——大圣迦毗罗与苏尤摩罗湿弥迦（其神识入于一头母牛之中）之间的辩论；你且听之。因为遵观吠陀传承为古老、永恒而不可动摇，我们曾听闻：往昔那胡沙王为迎接来到家中的宾客特瓦什特里，曾决意宰杀一头母牛以为款待。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma frames an ethical dilemma—how to act rightly when duties appear to conflict—by appealing to an ancient, authoritative precedent. The verse sets up a discussion on dharma where Vedic tradition, guest-honor, and the morality of harming a cow will be weighed through a remembered dialogue.
Bhīṣma tells Yudhiṣṭhira to listen to an old example: a dialogue involving Kapila and Syūmarasmika (who is said to have entered a cow). He then introduces the incident that King Nahuṣa, treating Vedic injunction as eternal authority, intended to slaughter a cow to honor the guest Tvaṣṭṛ.