Shloka 14
Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)
जनक उवाच यत् कार्य ब्राह्मणेनेह जन्मप्रभृति तच्छृणु । कृतोपनयनस्तात भवेद् वेदपरायण:
janaka uvāca yat kāryaṃ brāhmaṇeneha janma-prabhṛti tac chṛṇu | kṛtopanayanaḥ tāta bhaved veda-parāyaṇaḥ ||
ຈະນະກະໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: “ຟັງເຖີດ ລູກເອີຍ ໜ້າທີ່ທີ່ພຣາຫມັນຄວນປະຕິບັດໃນໂລກນີ້ ຕັ້ງແຕ່ເກີດມາ. ເມື່ອໄດ້ຮັບພິທີອຸປະນະຍະນະ (ພິທີຮັບສາຍສັກສິດ) ແລ້ວ ພຣາຫມັນໜຸ່ມຄວນອຸທິດໃຈຢ່າງເຕັມທີ່ໃນການຮຽນ ແລະສວດວິເທດ (Veda).”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
A brāhmaṇa’s foundational dharma is disciplined learning: after upanayana, he should commit himself to Vedic study and recitation as a primary life-duty.
King Janaka is instructing a listener (addressed affectionately as ‘tāta’) about the prescribed duties of a brāhmaṇa, emphasizing the transition after initiation into a life oriented toward the Veda.