Shloka 14
Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)
जनक उवाच यत् कार्य ब्राह्मणेनेह जन्मप्रभृति तच्छृणु । कृतोपनयनस्तात भवेद् वेदपरायण:
janaka uvāca yat kāryaṃ brāhmaṇeneha janma-prabhṛti tac chṛṇu | kṛtopanayanaḥ tāta bhaved veda-parāyaṇaḥ ||
Sinabi ni Janaka: “Makinig ka, mahal na anak, sa mga tungkuling dapat gampanan ng isang brāhmaṇa sa mundong ito mula pa sa kapanganakan. Kapag naisagawa na ang upanayana (pagsisimula sa sagradong sinulid), ang batang brāhmaṇa ay dapat mag-alay ng buong sigasig sa pag-aaral at pagbigkas ng Veda.”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
A brāhmaṇa’s foundational dharma is disciplined learning: after upanayana, he should commit himself to Vedic study and recitation as a primary life-duty.
King Janaka is instructing a listener (addressed affectionately as ‘tāta’) about the prescribed duties of a brāhmaṇa, emphasizing the transition after initiation into a life oriented toward the Veda.