Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
पुत्रावूचतुः तेनाख्यातमिदं तात पूर्ववृत्तं महात्मना ।
कौमारके यथा तस्य वृतं सद्वृत्तशालिनः ॥
putrāv ūcatuḥ tenākhyātam idaṃ tāta pūrva-vṛttaṃ mahātmanā | kaumārake yathā tasya vṛtaṃ sad-vṛtta-śālinaḥ ||
Los dos hijos dijeron: Padre querido, este relato anterior fue contado por aquel magnánimo—cómo, en su niñez, fue observada la conducta de ese hombre de buena conducta (es decir, qué voto o disciplina emprendió).
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Dharma is preserved through narration and exemplars: the sons relay instruction received from a ‘mahātman’, emphasizing lineage of teaching and the importance of forming virtue from youth.
Functions as an introduction to a vaṃśānucarita-like moral narrative (life of a virtuous figure), though not itself a genealogical enumeration.
‘Boyhood conduct’ signals that spiritual/ethical formation begins before social status and power; inner samskāras established early become the foundation for later achievements.