Shloka 2
Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 178 — Royal Contestants Assemble; Cosmic Witnesses; The Bow Remains Unstrung
जातकर्मादिकास्तस्य क्रिया: स मुनिसत्तम: । पौत्रस्य भरतश्रेष्ठ चकार भगवान् स्वयम्,भरतश्रेष्ठ! मुनिवर भगवान् वसिष्ठने स्वयं अपने पौत्रके जातकर्म आदि संस्कार किये
jātakarmādikās tasya kriyāḥ sa munisattamaḥ | pautrasya bharataśreṣṭha cakāra bhagavān svayam ||
Ó melhor dos Bhāratas! Aquele sábio excelentíssimo—venerável e digno de reverência—realizou ele mesmo, para seu neto, todos os ritos prescritos, começando pelo jātakarma, a cerimônia do nascimento.
गन्धर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is upheld through proper saṃskāras: even a supreme sage personally performs the child’s rites, showing that spiritual greatness includes faithful observance of social and familial duties.
A Gandharva narrates that the foremost sage (understood as Vasiṣṭha in this context) conducted the grandson’s ceremonial rites starting from jātakarma, emphasizing the legitimacy and careful nurturing of the child within the lineage.