Shloka 50
Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon
ततो ज्येषछ्े तु दौहित्रे प्रादाद् दक्षो नृपोत्तम । आदित्ये सवितुर्ज्येछ्ले विवस्वाउ्जगृहे तत:
tato jyeṣṭhe tu dauhitrē prādād dakṣo nṛpottama | āditye savitur jyeṣṭhe vivasvān jagṛhe tataḥ ||
നൃപശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! തുടർന്ന് ദക്ഷൻ തന്റെ ജ്യേഷ്ഠ ദൗഹിത്രനു—സവിതാവിന്റെ ജ്യേഷ്ഠ പുത്രനായ ആദിത്യനു—ഈ ധർമ്മം നൽകി. പിന്നെ അവനിൽ നിന്നുതന്നെ വിവസ്വാൻ (സൂര്യൻ) ഈ ഉപദേശം സ്വീകരിച്ചു.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharma as a preserved and authoritative teaching transmitted through a venerable lineage. Ethical instruction is portrayed as something to be received from qualified elders and passed onward intact, reinforcing continuity and legitimacy.
Vaiśampāyana narrates a succession of instruction: Dakṣa imparts the doctrine of dharma to his eldest grandson Āditya (associated with Savitṛ), and from Āditya the Sun-god Vivasvān receives that teaching.