Shloka 10
Nāga–Nāgabhāryā Saṃvāda: Varṇa-Dharma, Gṛhastha-Discipline, and Mokṣa-Self-Inquiry
Mahābhārata 12.347
नूनं पुरैतद् विदितं युवयोर्भावितात्मनो: । पुत्राश्न पितरश्वैव परस्परमपूजयन्
nūnaṃ puraitad viditaṃ yuvayor bhāvitātmanoḥ | putrāś ca pitaras caiva parasparam apūjayan |
নিশ্চয়ই এ কথা তোমাদের উভয়ের—ভাবিতাত্মা পুরুষের—পূর্ব থেকেই জানা ছিল যে পুত্র ও পিতা পরস্পর একে অপরকে পূজা করে।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma in family life is reciprocal: not only should sons honor fathers, but fathers too should honor sons appropriately. Mutual reverence sustains harmony and reflects a purified, disciplined mind.
Narada addresses two listeners and remarks that, given their cultivated understanding, they must already know this traditional principle: fathers and sons once maintained mutual honor and worshipful respect toward each other.