Shloka 12
Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness
इत्यृषिर्वचनं तेषां श्रुत्वा संस्कारवत् स्फुटम् ।
शिष्यैः परिवृतः सर्वैः सह पुत्रेण शृङ्गिणा ॥
ityṛṣirvacanaṃ teṣāṃ śrutvā saṃskāravat sphuṭam / śiṣyaiḥ parivṛtaḥ sarvaiḥ saha putreṇa śṛṅgiṇā
Habiendo oído así las palabras del sabio—pronunciadas con claridad y con un decir pulido y bien formado—(él) prosiguió, rodeado de todos sus discípulos, junto con su hijo Śṛṅgin.
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FAQs
The verse emphasizes disciplined reception of teaching: the rishi’s instruction is ‘clear’ (sphuṭam) and ‘refined’ (saṃskāravat), and the disciples’ close accompaniment signals reverence, continuity of learning, and the dhārmic ideal of knowledge transmitted through well-formed conduct.
This verse is primarily part of the Purāṇic frame-narrative and does not directly present sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita content. Indirectly, it supports vaṃśānucarita in the broad sense of lineage-preservation by depicting teacher–disciple continuity, but it is best classified as narrative linkage rather than a pancalakṣaṇa unit.
Symbolically, ‘surrounded by disciples’ portrays the centrality of the realized guide (ṛṣi) as the axis of a living tradition; ‘with his son Śṛṅgin’ underscores hereditary and initiatory continuity—knowledge is preserved both through spiritual succession (śiṣya-paramparā) and familial lineage, ensuring stability of dharma across time.