Shloka 13
अश्वत्थाम-शापः, परिक्षिद्भविष्यत्, मणि-न्यासः
Aśvatthāman’s Curse, Parikṣit’s Future, and the Mani’s Restitution
वय:ः प्राप्य परिक्षित् तु वेदब्रतमवाप्य च
vayaḥ prāpya parīkṣit tu vedabratam avāpya ca
ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပာယနက ပြောသည်— «ပရိက္ခစ်သည် အရွယ်ရောက်လာပြီး၊ ဝေဒပညာကို လေ့လာထိန်းသိမ်းသည့် သန့်ရှင်းသော ဝတ္တရားကိုလည်း ခံယူပြီးနောက်»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Maturity and authority are grounded in discipline: before assuming larger responsibilities, one should first attain proper age and undertake the ethical and ritual restraints associated with Vedic learning (vedavrata).
The narrator Vaiśampāyana marks a transition in Parīkṣit’s life: he reaches maturity and enters (or completes) the disciplined stage of Vedic observance, setting the stage for subsequent events involving his role and conduct.