Shloka 67
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
पुलस्त्य उवाच इत्येवमुक्तो मुनिभिः सुकेशी प्रणम्य तान् ब्रह्मनिधीन् महर्षीन् जगाम चोत्पत्य पुरं स्वकीयं मुहुर्मुहुर्धर्ममवेक्षमाणः
pulastya uvāca ityevamukto munibhiḥ sukeśī praṇamya tān brahmanidhīn maharṣīn jagāma cotpatya puraṃ svakīyaṃ muhurmuhurdharmamavekṣamāṇaḥ
ปุลัสตยะกล่าวว่า—เมื่อเหล่ามุนีกล่าวสั่งสอนดังนี้แล้ว สุเกศีได้กราบนอบน้อมต่อมหาฤษีผู้เป็นดุจคลังแห่งพรหมวิทยา แล้วลุกขึ้นไปยังนครของตน พลางใคร่ครวญธรรมะครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่า
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FAQs
Right instruction (śāstra/ṛṣi-vākya) is meant to be internalized, not merely heard. Sukeśī’s repeated contemplation of dharma models how counsel becomes conduct: reverence to teachers and sustained reflection precede reform.
Vaṃśānucarita (lineage-linked narrative) with didactic framing: it advances the story of a being connected to a broader genealogical account while highlighting dharma as the interpretive lens for action.
The act of ‘rising and going’ after salutation symbolizes conversion of knowledge into movement—dharma as a guiding compass. The sages called ‘brahmanidhis’ emphasize that living tradition (ṛṣi) is the storehouse through which dharma is preserved.