Shloka 40
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
तत् कथ्यतां महाभाग कार्यवान् येन पुत्रकौ ।
स भूपालसुतः साधुर्येनानृण्यं भवेत वाम् ॥
tat kathyatāṃ mahābhāga kāryavān yena putrakau | sa bhūpāla-sutaḥ sādhur yenānṛṇyaṃ bhavet vām ||
भद्रे, तद् ब्रूहि येन तौ पुत्रौ स्वकर्मणि सिद्धिं यास्यतः; तथा तं धर्मात्मानं कुमारं ब्रूहि येन युवयोः ऋणमोक्षः स्यात्।
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FAQs
The verse frames learning as purposeful: instruction should lead to effective action and to discharge of obligations (ṛṇa). ‘Anṛṇya’ reflects the purāṇic-vedic ethic of repaying debts—especially to parents/teachers/tradition—through right conduct.
Prepares for vaṃśānucarita-style exemplum (story of a virtuous prince), though the verse itself is a dialogic hinge rather than genealogy.
‘Debt’ can be read inwardly as karmic residue; the sought exemplar becomes a template for action that clears inner arrears through dharmic alignment.