Shloka 39
Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty
बालो मनो नन्दय बान्धवानां गुरोस्तथाज्ञाकरनैः कुमारः ।
स्त्रीणां युवा सत्कुलभूषणानां वृद्धो वने वत्स ! वनॆचराणाम् ॥
bālo mano nandaya bāndhavānāṃ guros tathājñākaraṇaiḥ kumāraḥ | strīṇāṃ yuvā satkulabhūṣaṇānāṃ vṛddho vane vatsa! vanecarāṇām ||
শৈশবে আত্মীয়দের হৃদয় আনন্দিত করো; যৌবনে ব্রহ্মচারী হয়ে গুরুর আদেশ পালন করো। তরুণ বয়সে সজ্জন কুলের অলংকার হও; আর বার্ধক্যে, হে পুত্র, বনবাসীদের সঙ্গে বনে বাস করো।
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FAQs
Dharma is time-sensitive: each stage of life has a distinct excellence—affectionate family integration in childhood, discipline under the guru in youth, social responsibility in adulthood, and renunciation/withdrawal in old age.
Didactic dharma content within narrative; indirectly supports vaṃśānucarita by prescribing how a ruler (or noble) matures ethically across stages.
The ‘forest’ is also an inner state: as senses age, one should ‘move inward.’ The verse encodes a gradual turning from external validation (kin, teacher, society) toward inner solitude and liberation.