Shloka 6
Adhyaya 19 — Kartavirya Arjuna at Dattatreya’s Ashram: Boons, Sovereignty, and Vaishnava Praise
जड उवाच तेनैवमुक्तो मुनिना स्मृत्वा गर्गवचश्च तत् ।
प्रत्युवाच प्रणम्यैनं स कार्तवीर्यार्जुनस्तदा ॥
jaḍa uvāca tenaivam ukto muninā smṛtvā gargavacaś ca tat / pratyuvāca praṇamyainaṃ sa kārtavīryārjunas tadā
Jaḍa sprach: So vom Weisen angesprochen und jener Worte Gargas eingedenk, erwiderte Kārtavīrya Arjuna darauf, indem er sich vor ihm verneigte.
FAQs
The ideal student/king integrates teachings from multiple authorities and responds with humility; remembrance (smṛti) is shown as an active spiritual faculty guiding right speech.
Ākhyāna/vaṃśānucarita narrative technique: named sages and kings form the transmission-line by which dharma is preserved and taught.
Remembering ‘Garga’s words’ signals continuity of guru-paramparā; esoterically, it is the reactivation of prior saṃskāra (impressions) that protect one from being misled by appearances.