Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 200
The Five Great Sacrifices: Supremacy of Honoring Parents, Pativrata Dharma, Truthfulness, and Śrāddha
द्विज उवाच । मोहादज्ञानतो वापि न कृत्वा पितुरर्चनं । ज्ञात्वा वा किं च कर्तव्यं सदसज्जगदीश्वर
dvija uvāca | mohādajñānato vāpi na kṛtvā piturarcanaṃ | jñātvā vā kiṃ ca kartavyaṃ sadasajjagadīśvara
ພຣາຫມັນກ່າວວ່າ: “ຖ້າເນື່ອງຈາກຄວາມຫຼົງ ຫຼື ຄວາມບໍ່ຮູ້ ບໍ່ໄດ້ບູຊາພໍ່—ຫຼືແມ່ນຮູ້ແລ້ວກໍຕາມ—ຄວນເຮັດຢ່າງໃດ ໂອ ພຣະເຈົ້າແຫ່ງຈັກກະວານ ຜູ້ເຫນືອກວ່າທັງສິ່ງຈິງແລະບໍ່ຈິງ?”
Dvija (a brāhmaṇa)
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: mohādajñānato = mohāt + ajñānataḥ; piturarcanaṃ = pituḥ + arcanam; sadasajjagadīśvara treated as sat + asat + jagad-īśvara (vocative address).
FAQs
It asks for the proper remedial duty (kartavya) when one has neglected honoring or worshipping one’s father due to delusion or ignorance.
Both: it frames father-honoring as a dharmic obligation (ethical duty) typically expressed through prescribed acts of reverence (ritual honoring/arcana).
It addresses the Lord as transcending the categories of sat (being/real) and asat (non-being/unreal), indicating a supreme metaphysical status beyond ordinary dualities.