Shloka 71
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
इदं यश्चापि शूणुयाद् रहस्यं त्वड्धिरोमतम् | उत्तमे च कुले जन्म लभेज्जातीश्व संस्मरेत्,जो अज्िरामुनिके इस रहस्यमय मतको सुनता है, वह उत्तम कुलमें जन्म पाता और पूर्वजन्मकी बातोंको स्मरण करता है
idaṃ yaś cāpi śṛṇuyād rahasyaṃ tv adhiromatam | uttame ca kule janma labhej jātīṣv anusmareta ||
Whoever listens to this secret teaching—esteemed as the highest counsel—wins birth in a noble family and gains the power to remember former lives.
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that reverent listening to a profound, confidential dharma-instruction is itself a meritorious act that shapes one’s future: it leads to birth in a noble family and to the extraordinary clarity of remembering previous lives.
The speaker concludes or endorses a preceding ‘secret’ counsel by stating its promised fruits. It functions as a phalaśruti-style assurance, encouraging the audience to hear and preserve the teaching by highlighting its karmic and spiritual rewards.