Shloka 17
Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)
प्रभो! तपस्या, गुरुकी सेवा तथा ब्रह्मचर्यका पालन--इन तीन कर्मोके साथ-साथ वेदाध्ययनका कार्य सम्पन्न करना चाहिये। हवनकर्मद्वारा देवताओंके और तर्पणद्वारा वह पितरोंके ऋणसे मुक्त होनेका यत्न करे। किसीके दोष न देखे और संयमपूर्वक रहकर वेदाध्ययन समाप्त करनेके पश्चात् गुरुको दक्षिणा दे और उनकी आज्ञा लेकर समावर्तन- संस्कारके पश्चात् घरको लौटे ।। समावृत्तश्न गार्हस्थ्ये स्वदारनिरतो वसेत् । अनसूयुर्यथान्यायमाहिताग्निस्तथैव च,घर आनेपर विवाह करके गार्हस्थ्य धर्मका पालन करे और अपनी ही स्त्रीके प्रति अनुराग रखे। दूसरोंके दोष न देखकर सबके साथ यथोचित बर्ताव करे और अग्निकी स्थापनाके पश्चात् प्रतिदिन अग्निहोत्र करता रहे
janaka uvāca | prabho! tapasyā gurusevā tathā brahmacaryapālanam—etāni trīṇi karmāṇi sahaiva vedādhyayanakriyāṃ samāpayed iti | havanakarmaṇā devānāṃ ṛṇāt, tarpaṇena ca pitṝṇāṃ ṛṇāt pramucyeta | na kasyacid doṣān paśyet, saṃyamapūrvaṃ vedādhyayanaṃ samāpya gurave dakṣiṇāṃ dadyāt, tasya cājñāṃ gṛhītvā samāvartanasaṃskārānantarāṃ gṛhaṃ vrajet || samāvṛttaś ca gārhasthye svadāranirato vaset | anasūyur yathānyāyam āhitāgnis tathaiva ca || gṛhaṃ prāpya vivāhya gārhasthyadharmaṃ caret, svadāreṣu caiva snehavān bhavet | paradoṣadarśanaṃ parityajya sarvaiḥ saha yathocitaṃ vyavaharet | āhitāgnir bhūtvā pratidinam agnihotraṃ nirvartyeta |
Janaka said: “O Lord, one should complete Vedic study while simultaneously practicing three disciplines—ascetic effort, service to one’s teacher, and the observance of brahmacarya. By the rite of offering (homa) one strives to be freed from the debt owed to the gods, and by libations (tarpaṇa) from the debt owed to the ancestors. One should not look for faults in others; living with restraint, after finishing Vedic study one should offer the teacher the due honorarium (dakṣiṇā), take the teacher’s permission, and—after the samāvartana (graduation) rite—return home. Having returned, one should enter the householder stage (gārhasthya), be devoted to one’s own wife, behave appropriately toward all without malice or fault-finding, establish the sacred fires, and continue the daily agnihotra.”
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