Shloka 29
पितृयज्ञे नारायणतत्त्वम् — The Nārāyaṇa Grounding of Ancestral Offerings
ततः प्रतिवचो देयं सर्वरेव समाहितै: । एतन्मे स्नेहत: सर्वे वचन कर्तुमर्हथ
tataḥ prativaco deyaṃ sarvair eva samāhitaiḥ | etan me snehataḥ sarve vacanaṃ kartum arhatha |
Alors Śuka dit : « Vous tous, demeurant pleinement attentifs, donnez la réponse en mon nom. Par affection pour moi, vous devez accomplir cette seule chose que je demande : si mon père vient ici en m’appelant par mon nom, répondez-lui avec soin de ma part. »
शुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Speech should be guided by attentiveness and responsibility: even a simple reply, when given on another’s behalf, must be delivered with composure (samāhita) and loyalty (sneha), reflecting ethical care in communication.
Śuka instructs those present (addressed as ‘all of you’) to remain alert and, if his father arrives calling him by name, to respond carefully on Śuka’s behalf—showing a moment of deliberate arrangement in a sensitive father–son context.