Shloka 24
Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)
अनुच्छेदाय लोकानामनुच्छेदाय कर्मणाम् | पूर्वराचरितो धर्मश्नातुराश्रम्यसंकट:,पहलेके विद्वान् लोकमर्यादाकी तथा कर्मपरम्पराकी रक्षा करनेके लिये चारों आश्रमोंसहित वर्णधर्मोका पालन करते थे
Janaka uvāca: anucchedāya lokānām anucchedāya karmaṇām | pūrvar ācārito dharmaḥ śnātur āśramya-saṅkaṭaḥ ||
ジャナカは言った。「人々の間に乱れが起こらぬため、また正しき行いの連なりが断たれぬために、古の賢者たちは昔より行われてきたダルマを実践した。すなわち、学生の規律を終えると、アーシュラマの諸段階を通って、厳しい人生の道へと入ったのである。かくして彼らは社会の秩序と、受け継がれた義務の流れを守った。」
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is upheld by maintaining continuity—preventing social and ritual-moral breakdown—through faithful practice of inherited duties, especially the disciplined progression through the āśramas after completing studentship.
Janaka explains why earlier sages and learned people followed the established dharma: to protect public order (loka-maryādā) and preserve the ongoing tradition of duties and practices (karma-paramparā), even when that life-path is demanding.