Shloka 53
Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon
इक्ष्वाकुके उपदेशसे इस सात्वत धर्मका सम्पूर्ण जगतमें प्रचार और प्रसार हो गया। नरेश्वर! कल्पान्तमें यह धर्म फिर भगवान् नारायणको ही प्राप्त हो जायगा ।।
Vaishampāyana uvāca | Ikṣvāku-ke upadeśa se asya Sātvata-dharmasya sampūrṇa-jagate pracāraḥ prasāraś ca abhavat | Nareśvara! kalpānte ayaṃ dharmaḥ punaḥ Bhagavantaṃ Nārāyaṇam eva prāpsyati || Yatīnāṃ cāpi yo dharmaḥ sa te pūrvaṃ nṛpottama kathito Hari-gītāsu samāsa-vidhi-kalpitaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana disse: “Pela instrução de Ikṣvāku, este dharma sātvata foi proclamado e difundido por todo o mundo. Ó rei, no fim de uma era cósmica (kalpānta), este dharma retornará novamente apenas a Bhagavān Nārāyaṇa. E quanto à disciplina dos renunciantes, ó melhor dos reis, eu já a expliquei antes a ti nos ‘Cantos de Hari’, exposta por um método conciso.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes that a sacred ethical-devotional tradition (Sātvata dharma) spreads through authoritative instruction, yet ultimately belongs to and returns to Nārāyaṇa at the end of cosmic time; it also points to a previously given concise teaching on the renunciants’ code (yati-dharma).
Vaiśampāyana, continuing his narration to the king, notes the historical dissemination of Sātvata dharma from Ikṣvāku’s teaching and reminds the listener that he has already summarized the discipline of ascetics in an earlier ‘Hari-gītā’ section.