Shloka 20
अस्तीत्युक्त्वा गतो यस्मात् पिता गर्भस्थमेव तम् | वन॑ तस्मादिदं तस्य नामास्तीकेति विश्रुतम्,वह बालक अभी गर्भमें ही था, तभी उसके पिता “अस्ति” कहकर वनमें चले गये थे। इसलिये संसारमें उसका आस्तीक नाम प्रसिद्ध हुआ
astīty uktvā gato yasmāt pitā garbhastham eva tam | vanaṁ tasmād idaṁ tasya nāmāstīketi viśrutam ||
ကလေးသည် မိခင်ဝမ်းထဲ၌ပင် ရှိနေစဉ်၊ ဖခင်က “အတ္စတိ” ဟူသော စကားကို ပြောပြီး တောသို့ ထွက်ခွာသွားခဲ့သည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် လောက၌ သူ၏ အမည်သည် ‘အာစတီက’ ဟူ၍ ကျော်ကြားလာ하였다။
तक्षक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Speech and intention have lasting consequences: a single remembered utterance by a parent can shape a child’s identity and reputation, illustrating how words and actions echo through lineage and society.
Takṣaka explains the etymology of Āstīka’s name: while Āstīka was still unborn, his father said “asti” and then left for the forest; hence the child became famous as Āstīka.