Shloka 9
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
सुहृदां नोपकाराय पितॄणाञ्च न तृप्तये ।
पित्रोर्दुःखाय धिग्जन्म तस्य दुष्कृतकर्मणः ॥
suhṛdāṃ nopakārāya pitṝṇāñ ca na tṛptaye /
pitror duḥkhāya dhig janma tasya duṣkṛtakarmaṇaḥ
彼は友に益なく、また祖霊をも満足させない。両親の悲嘆ゆえに――ああ、その悪人の誕生は忌むべきものだ。
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FAQs
A son’s worth is measured by dharmic usefulness: benefitting one’s circle (suhṛt) and fulfilling ancestral obligations (pitṛ-tṛpti). A life that only generates suffering for parents is ethically condemned as fruit of duṣkṛta (misdeeds).
Not a pancalakṣaṇa unit (not sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita); it belongs to dharma-śikṣā (ethical instruction) embedded in narrative dialogue.
‘Pitṛ-tṛpti’ symbolizes continuity of dharma across generations; failure to ‘satisfy the pitṛs’ indicates a severing of lineage merit (puṇya-saṃtati) and social order.