Shloka 10
Nāga–Nāgabhāryā Saṃvāda: Varṇa-Dharma, Gṛhastha-Discipline, and Mokṣa-Self-Inquiry
Mahābhārata 12.347
नूनं पुरैतद् विदितं युवयोर्भावितात्मनो: । पुत्राश्न पितरश्वैव परस्परमपूजयन्
nūnaṃ puraitad viditaṃ yuvayor bhāvitātmanoḥ | putrāś ca pitaras caiva parasparam apūjayan |
Disse Nārada: “Certamente isto já era conhecido por vós ambos, de mente purificada e bem cultivada: que filhos e pais, em respeito mútuo, honravam-se uns aos outros.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma in family life is reciprocal: not only should sons honor fathers, but fathers too should honor sons appropriately. Mutual reverence sustains harmony and reflects a purified, disciplined mind.
Narada addresses two listeners and remarks that, given their cultivated understanding, they must already know this traditional principle: fathers and sons once maintained mutual honor and worshipful respect toward each other.