Shloka 5
प्रजाविसर्ग-तत्त्वनिर्णयः | Cosmogony of Elemental Emergence
Bharadvāja–Bhṛgu Dialogue
पुत्र बवाच धीर: किंस्वित् तात कुर्यात् प्रजानन् क्षिप्रं ह्मायुर्श्श्यते मानवानाम् । पितस्तदाचक्ष्व यथार्थयोगं ममानुपूर्व्या येन धर्म चरेयम्
putra uvāca dhīraḥ: kiṃsvit tāta kuryāt prajānann kṣipraṃ hy āyuḥ kṣīyate mānavānām | pitas tad ācakṣva yathārtha-yogaṃ mamānupūrvyā yena dharmaṃ careyam ||
Le fils dit : « Père, sachant que la durée de vie des hommes se consume avec une rapidité extrême, que doit faire un homme ferme et clairvoyant ? Dis-moi, cher père, la méthode vraie et juste—pas à pas—par laquelle je pourrai vivre selon le dharma. »
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Awareness of life’s brevity should lead a wise person to seek a true, practical discipline for living dharmically; the verse frames dharma as something to be learned methodically and practiced deliberately.
A son respectfully questions his father, asking for step-by-step instruction on the correct means to practice dharma, motivated by the realization that human lifespan passes quickly.