Shloka 13
Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Duryodhana Saṃvāda on Restraint and Rājānīti
Chapter 50
प्राप्तस्त्वमसि तन्नाम पितृपैतामहं पदम् । अधीतवान् कृती शास्त्रे लालित: सततं गृहे,“बेटा! तुम अपने बाप-दादोंके पदपर प्रतिष्ठित हो, तुमने वेदोंका स्वाध्याय किया है, शास्त्रोंकी विद्वत्ता प्राप्त की है और घरमें सदा तुम्हारा लालन-पालन हुआ है
prāptas tvam asi tan nāma pitṛpaitāmahaṃ padam | adhītavān kṛtī śāstre lālitaḥ satataṃ gṛhe ||
„Mein Sohn, du hast den ehrwürdigen Stand deines Vaters und Großvaters erlangt. Du hast die Veden studiert, bist in den Śāstras bewandert geworden und wurdest im Hause stets genährt und behütet.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Inherited rank and privilege are presented as obligations: one who has received education (Vedic study) and careful upbringing should act with steadiness and uphold dharma, honoring the ancestral position rather than merely enjoying it.
Vaiśampāyana, narrating the episode, reports an address to a young man (implicitly ‘son’): he is reminded that he stands in his forefathers’ place, has been educated and nurtured, and therefore is expected to conduct himself in a manner worthy of that lineage.