Shloka 67
Dietary Rules & Purification — Duties of the Ashrama System
पुलस्त्य उवाच इत्येवमुक्तो मुनिभिः सुकेशी प्रणम्य तान् ब्रह्मनिधीन् महर्षीन् जगाम चोत्पत्य पुरं स्वकीयं मुहुर्मुहुर्धर्ममवेक्षमाणः
pulastya uvāca ityevamukto munibhiḥ sukeśī praṇamya tān brahmanidhīn maharṣīn jagāma cotpatya puraṃ svakīyaṃ muhurmuhurdharmamavekṣamāṇaḥ
ਪੁਲਸਤ੍ਯ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਮੁਨੀਆਂ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਉਪਦੇਸ਼ ਮਿਲਣ ਤੇ ਸੁਕੇਸ਼ੀ ਨੇ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ-ਨਿਧੀ ਮਹਰਿਸ਼ੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਮ ਕੀਤਾ; ਫਿਰ ਉੱਠ ਕੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਨਗਰ ਨੂੰ ਚਲੀ ਗਈ, ਮੁੜ ਮੁੜ ਧਰਮ ਦਾ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੋਈ।
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FAQs
Right instruction (śāstra/ṛṣi-vākya) is meant to be internalized, not merely heard. Sukeśī’s repeated contemplation of dharma models how counsel becomes conduct: reverence to teachers and sustained reflection precede reform.
Vaṃśānucarita (lineage-linked narrative) with didactic framing: it advances the story of a being connected to a broader genealogical account while highlighting dharma as the interpretive lens for action.
The act of ‘rising and going’ after salutation symbolizes conversion of knowledge into movement—dharma as a guiding compass. The sages called ‘brahmanidhis’ emphasize that living tradition (ṛṣi) is the storehouse through which dharma is preserved.