Shloka 13
Honoring the Mother (Mātṛpūjanam): Consent, Equity, and Dana to Restore Household Dharma
सपुत्रायाः समीपे तु ज्येष्ठाया नृपतिस्तदा । इंगितज्ञः सुतो ज्ञात्वा दशावस्थागतं नृपम् ॥ १३ ॥
saputrāyāḥ samīpe tu jyeṣṭhāyā nṛpatistadā | iṃgitajñaḥ suto jñātvā daśāvasthāgataṃ nṛpam || 13 ||
ထို့နောက် မင်းကြီးသည် သားနှင့်အတူရှိနေသော အကြီးဆုံး မိဖုရား၏ အနီးသို့ သွား하였다။ အမူအရာနှင့် အညွှန်းအချက်များကို နားလည်တတ်သော သားသည် မင်းကြီး၏ အခြေအနေသည် အရေးကြီးသည့် အဆင့်သို့ ရောက်နေပြီဟု သိမြင်하였다။
Narada (narrative voice, within the Narada Purana dialogue tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It highlights wakeful discernment (iṅgita-jñāna)—the ability to recognize impermanence and imminent transition—prompting timely, dharmic action when life reaches a decisive stage.
Indirectly, it sets a narrative moment where awareness of mortality becomes the trigger for turning toward dharma and, in broader Purāṇic flow, toward remembrance of Bhagavān and proper end-of-life duties.
No specific Vedāṅga is taught explicitly; however, the theme of interpreting signs (iṅgita) aligns with practical observational discernment often associated with nimitta-jñāna (reading indications/omens) used in dharmic decision-making.