Shloka 3
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
स तस्य विधिवच्चक्रे जातकर्मादिकाः क्रियाः ।
तथोपनयनादींश्च स चाशीলোऽभवन्मुने ॥
sa tasya vidhivac cakre jātakarmādikāḥ kriyāḥ | tathopanayanādīṃś ca sa cāśīlo 'bhavan mune ||
Beliau melaksanakan dengan sempurna untuknya upacara-upacara bermula dengan upacara kelahiran (jātakarma), dan juga yang bermula dengan upacara inisiasi (upanayana). Namun, wahai resi, anak itu menjadi berkelakuan buruk.
FAQs
Ritual formation (saṃskāras) is necessary but not sufficient: external rites do not guarantee inner virtue. The verse warns that dharma requires sustained character (śīla), not merely correct ceremony.
Vaṃśānucarita (biographical episode within a lineage) supporting Manvantara narration.
Saṃskāras are ‘impressions’ meant to refine the psyche; when śīla collapses despite rites, it points to the deeper need for saṃskāra to be internalized as lived discipline rather than performed as form.