Shloka 16
Nārāyaṇopadeśa to Mārkaṇḍeya (Cosmic Self-Identification and Yuga Doctrine) | नारायणोपदेशः
यः सप्त वर्षाणि जुहोति तार्क्ष्य हव्यं त्वग्नौी नियत: साधुशील: । सप्तावरान् सप्त पूर्वान् पुनाति पितामहानात्मना कर्मभि: स्वै:,ताक्ष्य! जो सदाचारी पुरुष संयम--नियमका पालन करते हुए सात वर्षोतक अम्निमें आहुति देता है, वह अपने सत्कर्मोंद्वारा अपने साथ ही सात पीढ़ीतककी भावी संतानोंको और सात पीढ़ी पूर्वतकके पितामहोंको भी पवित्र कर देता है
yaḥ sapta varṣāṇi juhoti tārkṣya havyaṃ tv agnau niyataḥ sādhuśīlaḥ | saptāvarān sapta pūrvān punāti pitāmahān ātmanā karmabhiḥ svaiḥ ||
マールカンデーヤは言った。「おおタールクシャよ。自制と定められた戒めを守り、七年のあいだ聖なる火に供物を捧げる善き行いの人は、その正しい行為の功徳によって、自らのみならず、後の子孫七代と先の祖先七代、すなわち大祖父たちに至るまでをも清める。」
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sustained, disciplined ritual action grounded in good conduct is presented as ethically transformative: a person’s steady observance (niyama, self-restraint) generates merit that benefits not only the practitioner but also their lineage—both ancestors and descendants—symbolizing responsibility across generations.
Mārkaṇḍeya addresses Tārkṣya and states a dharmic principle: one who performs fire-offerings for seven years with regulated conduct purifies seven generations forward and seven generations back through the power of his own righteous deeds.