Shloka 8
Suvarṇa-janma and Dakṣiṇā-Māhātmya
Origin and Supremacy of Gold as Ritual Fee
दश चोभयत: पुत्रो मातापित्रो: पितामहान् । दधाति सुकृतान् लोकान् पुनाति च कुलं नर:
daśa cobhayataḥ putro mātāpitroḥ pitāmahān dadhāti sukṛtān lokān punāti ca kulaṃ naraḥ
Menurut ajaran Vasiṣṭha, seorang insan dengan kebajikannya mengangkat sepuluh generasi dari pihak ibu dan sepuluh generasi dari pihak ayah, menempatkan mereka di alam-alam yang penuh pahala, serta menyucikan garis keluarganya sendiri.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person's righteous conduct—exemplified here by a worthy son—can uplift and purify the wider lineage. Merit (sukṛta) is portrayed as having transgenerational effects, benefiting ancestors on both maternal and paternal sides and sanctifying the family line.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing about the spiritual and ethical significance of offspring and virtue: he states that a son, through his merit, can secure auspicious posthumous realms for ancestors across ten generations on both sides and purify the kula (lineage).