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 enseña que un hijo digno se vuelve bienhechor espiritual de su linaje: por su mérito eleva diez generaciones en ambos lados—las de su madre y las de su padre—estableciéndolas en mundos auspiciosos nacidos del mérito, y purifica también la estirpe familiar. El énfasis ético es que el dharma y la virtud personal irradian hacia afuera, transformando no solo al individuo, sino también a la comunidad ancestral ligada a él.
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).