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Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 8

Suvarṇa-janma and Dakṣiṇā-Māhātmya

Origin and Supremacy of Gold as Ritual Fee

दश चोभयत: पुत्रो मातापित्रो: पितामहान्‌ । दधाति सुकृतान्‌ लोकान्‌ पुनाति च कुलं नर:

daśa cobhayataḥ putro mātāpitroḥ pitāmahān dadhāti sukṛtān lokān punāti ca kulaṃ naraḥ

Itinuturo ni Vasiṣṭha na ang isang marapat na anak ay nagiging espirituwal na tagapagpala ng kanyang angkan: sa pamamagitan ng kanyang kabutihang-loob at kabutihang-asal, itinataas niya ang sampung salinlahi sa magkabilang panig—sa ina at sa ama—at inilalagak sila sa mga mapalad na daigdig na isinilang sa bisa ng kabutihan; at nililinis din niya ang mismong lahi ng pamilya. Diin ng aral na ang dharma at birtud ng tao ay lumalaganap, binabago hindi lamang ang sarili kundi pati ang pamayanang ninuno na kaugnay niya.

दशten
दश:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदशन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उभयतःon both sides (from both lines)
उभयतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउभयतः
पुत्रःson
पुत्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
माताof the mother
माता:
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
पित्रोःof the two parents
पित्रोः:
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Dual
पितामहान्grandfathers/ancestors
पितामहान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
दधातिplaces/settles (in), bestows
दधाति:
TypeVerb
Rootधा
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
सुकृतान्meritorious, earned by good deeds
सुकृतान्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसुकृत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
लोकान्worlds/realms
लोकान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
पुनातिpurifies
पुनाति:
TypeVerb
Rootपू
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कुलम्family/lineage
कुलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकुल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
नरःman/person
नरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वसिष्ठ उवाच

V
Vasiṣṭha
P
putra (son)
M
mātā (mother)
P
pitā (father)
P
pitāmahāḥ (ancestors/forefathers)
S
sukṛta-lokāḥ (meritorious realms)
K
kula (lineage)

Educational Q&A

A person's righteous conduct—exemplified here by a worthy son—can uplift and purify the wider lineage. Merit (sukṛta) is portrayed as having transgenerational effects, benefiting ancestors on both maternal and paternal sides and sanctifying the family line.

Vasiṣṭha is instructing about the spiritual and ethical significance of offspring and virtue: he states that a son, through his merit, can secure auspicious posthumous realms for ancestors across ten generations on both sides and purify the kula (lineage).