Shloka 6.122.7
दशरथदर्शनम् — Dasharatha’s Epiphany and Benedictions (Sarga 122)
एषराजादशरथोविमानस्थःपितातव ।काकुत्स्थमानुषेलोकेगुरुस्तवमहायशाः ।।।।
eṣa rājā daśaratho vimānasthaḥ pitā tava |
kākutstha mānuṣe loke gurur tava mahāyaśāḥ ||
O Kākutstha, here is King Daśaratha—your father—seated in the aerial car; in the human world he was your revered teacher, renowned and illustrious.
"O Kakuthsa! Here is your father, teacher in the mortal world, king Dasharatha seated in the aerial car."
It affirms reverence for father and elders as ‘guru’—a key pillar of dharma—linking family hierarchy to moral education.
Mahādeva points out Daśaratha, now in celestial radiance, seated in a vimāna, to Rāma.
Filial piety and humility: recognizing one’s father as a moral teacher, not merely a biological parent.