Shloka 18
कृपकृपी-जननम्
The Birth of Kṛpa and Kṛpī; Kṛpa’s Attainment of Astras
पितृदेवर्षिमनुजैददेयं तेभ्यश्व धर्मत: । एतानि तु यथाकालं यो न बुध्यति मानव:
Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca: pitṛ-devarṣi-manujaiḥ dade yaṃ tebhyaś ca dharmataḥ | etāni tu yathākālaṃ yo na budhyati mānavaḥ ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຕາມທຳມະ ຄວນຈ່າຍຄືນສິ່ງທີ່ຄວນໃຫ້ແກ່ບັນພະບຸລຸດ, ແກ່ເທວະ, ແກ່ລິສີ, ແລະແກ່ມະນຸດ. ແຕ່ຜູ້ໃດບໍ່ຮູ້ແຈ້ງພັນທະເຫຼົ່ານີ້ໃນເວລາອັນຄວນ ຍ່ອມບໍ່ງ່າຍຈະເຖິງໂລກແຫ່ງບຸນ»។
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Human life is framed by dharma as a set of timely obligations—debts to ancestors, gods, seers, and fellow humans—which must be repaid through appropriate acts; neglecting them obstructs the attainment of merit and higher worlds.
Vaiśaṃpāyana, in his ongoing narration, states a general dharmic principle: people must recognize and discharge the traditional four obligations (ṛṇas) in due time; failure to do so undermines one’s spiritual and moral progress.