Shloka 14
Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)
जनक उवाच यत् कार्य ब्राह्मणेनेह जन्मप्रभृति तच्छृणु । कृतोपनयनस्तात भवेद् वेदपरायण:
janaka uvāca yat kāryaṃ brāhmaṇeneha janma-prabhṛti tac chṛṇu | kṛtopanayanaḥ tāta bhaved veda-parāyaṇaḥ ||
Janaka disse: “Ouve, querido, os deveres que um brāhmaṇa deve assumir aqui desde o nascimento em diante. Uma vez realizado o upanayana (a iniciação com o fio sagrado), o jovem brāhmaṇa deve dedicar-se de todo o coração ao estudo e à recitação do Veda.”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
A brāhmaṇa’s foundational dharma is disciplined learning: after upanayana, he should commit himself to Vedic study and recitation as a primary life-duty.
King Janaka is instructing a listener (addressed affectionately as ‘tāta’) about the prescribed duties of a brāhmaṇa, emphasizing the transition after initiation into a life oriented toward the Veda.