Shloka 8
Suvarṇa-janma and Dakṣiṇā-Māhātmya
Origin and Supremacy of Gold as Ritual Fee
दश चोभयत: पुत्रो मातापित्रो: पितामहान् । दधाति सुकृतान् लोकान् पुनाति च कुलं नर:,वह मनुष्य अपने माता और पिताकी दस-दस पीढ़ियोंको पवित्र करके उन्हें पुण्यमय लोकोंमें भेजता है और अपने कुलको भी पवित्र कर देता है
daśa cobhayataḥ putro mātāpitroḥ pitāmahān dadhāti sukṛtān lokān punāti ca kulaṃ naraḥ
Vasiṣṭha teaches that a worthy son becomes a spiritual benefactor to his lineage: by his meritorious conduct he uplifts ten generations on both sides—those of his mother and those of his father—settling them in auspicious, merit-born realms, and he also purifies the family line itself. The ethical emphasis is on how personal dharma and virtue radiate outward, transforming not only the individual but the ancestral community connected to him.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person's righteous conduct—exemplified here by a worthy son—can uplift and purify the wider lineage. Merit (sukṛta) is portrayed as having transgenerational effects, benefiting ancestors on both maternal and paternal sides and sanctifying the family line.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing about the spiritual and ethical significance of offspring and virtue: he states that a son, through his merit, can secure auspicious posthumous realms for ancestors across ten generations on both sides and purify the kula (lineage).