Shloka 23
पितृयज्ञे नारायणतत्त्वम् — The Nārāyaṇa Grounding of Ancestral Offerings
अचिरेणैव कालेन नभश्नरति चन्द्रवत् । पितृशुश्रूषया बुद्धि सम्प्राप्तोडयमनुत्तमाम्
acireṇaiva kālena nabhaś carati candravat | pitṛśuśrūṣayā buddhiṃ samprāpto 'yam anuttamām ||
Dijo Śuka: «En muy poco tiempo, este ha llegado a moverse por el cielo como la luna. Por su devoto servicio a su padre, ha alcanzado una claridad de intelecto sin igual.»
शुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that sincere service to one’s father (pitṛśuśrūṣā), joined with disciplined learning, quickly refines the intellect into an unsurpassed clarity—so powerful that it is portrayed as a near-transcendent freedom, ‘moving in the sky like the moon.’
Śuka describes how a person attains extraordinary spiritual/intellectual elevation in a short time through devoted service to his father. Observers such as Vyāsa and other sages marvel at this rare concentration and the lofty state achieved.