Shloka 16
Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness
सुकृषस्य वयं पुत्राश्चत्वारः संयतात्मनः ।
तस्यर्षेर्विनयाचारभक्तिनम्राः सदैव हि ॥
sukṛṣasya vayaṃ putrāś catvāraḥ saṃyatātmanaḥ |
tasyarṣer vinayācāra-bhakti-namrāḥ sadaiva hi ||
ഞങ്ങൾ ഇന്ദ്രിയസംയമമുള്ള ഋഷിയായ സുകൃഷന്റെ നാല് പുത്രന്മാരാണ്. ഞങ്ങൾ എപ്പോഴും ഭക്തിയാൽ നമ്രരായി, ആ ഋഷി ഉപദേശിച്ച ശീല-നിയമങ്ങളിൽ സ്ഥാപിതരാണ്।
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds the classical dharmic triad of formation: (1) saṃyama (inner restraint), (2) vinaya (humility), and (3) sadācāra (disciplined right conduct), all stabilized by bhakti (devotional reverence). Wisdom here is presented not as mere knowledge, but as character shaped by a teacher’s (ṛṣi’s) lived discipline.
This verse aligns most closely with Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita (genealogy and the accounts of lineages), since it identifies lineage (sons of Sukṛṣa) and the transmitted ethical formation from the ṛṣi. It is not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara in content.
Symbolically, “birds” often signify a mobile, subtle intelligence; their claim of being ‘saṃyatātmā’ and ‘vinayācāra-bhakti-namra’ implies that true spiritual insight must be tethered to restraint and humility, otherwise it becomes unstable (like flight without direction). The verse encodes the idea that higher perception is legitimate only when disciplined by dharma and reverence.