Shloka 98
अध्याय ७४: अक्रोध–क्षमा–निवासनीति
Chapter 74: Non-anger, Forbearance, and the Ethics of Residence
कुलवंशप्रतिष्ठां हि पितर: पुत्रमब्रुवन् । उत्तमं सर्वधर्माणां तस्मात् पुत्र न संत्यजेत्,पितरोंने पुत्रको कुल और वंशकी प्रतिष्ठा बताया है, अतः पुत्र सब धर्मामें उत्तम है। इसलिये पुत्रका त्याग नहीं करना चाहिये
kula-vaṁśa-pratiṣṭhāṁ hi pitaraḥ putram abruvan | uttamaṁ sarva-dharmāṇāṁ tasmāt putra na saṁtyajet ||
Duṣyanta said: “The forefathers have declared that a son is the very foundation of a family and its lineage. Therefore, among all duties, the duty connected with having and upholding a son is supreme; hence one should not abandon one’s son.”
दुष्यन्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that preserving family and lineage is a major ethical duty, and that a son is traditionally regarded as central to that continuity; therefore abandoning one’s son is presented as contrary to dharma.
Duṣyanta is arguing from ancestral authority and social-religious norms, emphasizing that the forefathers value a son as the support of family and lineage, and using this to justify the injunction not to give up the son.