Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati
करोत्यात्महितं कुर्वन् विश्वासञ्च महाजने ।
देवताः पितरो विप्रा मित्रार्थिविकलादयः ॥
karoty ātma-hitaṃ kurvan viśvāsaṃ ca mahā-jane | devatāḥ pitaro viprā mitra-arthi-vikalādayaḥ ||
เมื่อประพฤติดังนี้ เขาย่อมบำเพ็ญประโยชน์ของตนและได้ความไว้วางใจในหมู่มหาบุรุษ เหล่าเทพ ปิตฤ บราหมณ์ มิตร ผู้ขอ ผู้ทุกข์ยาก และผู้อื่นทั้งหลายต่างมองไปยังเขา
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Virtue is portrayed as simultaneously self-benefiting and society-sustaining: it generates credibility and becomes a refuge for those who seek help or are suffering.
Not pancalakṣaṇa proper; it is dharma-nīti discourse embedded in an ākhyāna.
‘Trust among the great’ can be read as inner alignment with higher faculties (buddhi/sattva), by which one becomes ‘approachable’ to the divine and ancestral currents.