Shloka 23
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
पितोवाच पुत्रः पुण्यवतो धन्यः स यस्यैवं भविद्विधैः ।
परोक्षस्यापि गुणिभैः क्रियते गुणकीर्तनम् ॥
pitovāca putraḥ puṇyavato dhanyaḥ sa yasyaivaṃ bhavidvidhaiḥ | parokṣasyāpi guṇibhaiḥ kriyate guṇakīrtanam ||
บิดากล่าวว่า—บุรุษผู้ทรงธรรมผู้นั้นเป็นผู้เป็นสิริมงคลแท้ ผู้มีบุตรเช่นนี้ แม้เมื่อเขาไม่อยู่ เหล่าผู้มีคุณธรรมก็ยังสรรเสริญคุณงามความดีของเขา
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FAQs
A person’s worth is validated not by self-assertion but by the spontaneous testimony of the good (guṇibhiḥ). The son’s conduct becomes a living extension of the father’s merit, sustaining the family’s kīrti even in absence.
Not a direct pañcalakṣaṇa unit (sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita). It is primarily ācāra–dharma (normative ethics) embedded in narrative.
‘Parokṣa’ praise suggests inner stability: true guṇa radiates without needing presence or performance. The ‘son’ can also symbolize one’s actions (karma-phala) that speak for the doer after he is unseen.