Shloka 22
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
कृतोपनयनं तन्तु गुरुराह कुमारकम् ।
जनन्याः प्रागुपस्थानं क्रियताञ्चाभिवादनम् ॥
kṛtopanayanaṃ tantu gurur āha kumārakam | jananyāḥ prāgupasthānaṃ kriyatāñ cābhivādanam ||
ครั้นประกอบพิธีอุปนยนะให้เด็กแล้ว อาจารย์กล่าวแก่หนุ่มว่า “ก่อนอื่นจงเข้าไปหาแม่ของเจ้า แล้วถวายความนอบน้อมด้วยความเคารพ”
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FAQs
Upanayana marks entry into disciplined dharma; the guru immediately directs the student toward gratitude and reverence—beginning with the mother—showing that learning is grounded in honoring one’s sources of life and care.
Primarily Ācāra/Dharma-śikṣā within itihāsa-narrative style; not a direct Sarga/Pratisarga/Manvantara/Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita unit, but an ethical instruction embedded in narrative (closest to Vaṃśānucarita-style storytelling rather than cosmology).
The ‘first salutation’ symbolizes ordering one’s inner hierarchy: before abstract knowledge, one must acknowledge the immediate sustaining principle (mātṛ-tattva), i.e., the nurturing ground of embodied life.