Shloka 15
Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon
वैखानसा: फेनपेभ्यो धर्म त॑ प्रतिपेदिरे । वैखानसे भ्य: सोमस्तु ततः सोडच्तर्दथे पुन:,फेनपोंसे वैखानसोंने उस धर्मको उपलब्ध किया। उनसे सोमने उसे ग्रहण किया। तदनन्तर वह धर्म फिर लुप्त हो गया
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: Vaikhānasāḥ Phenapebhyo dharmaṃ taṃ pratipedire | Vaikhānasebhyaḥ Somaḥ tu tataḥ so 'dattārthaṃ punaḥ; tato dharmaḥ punar luptaḥ |
وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—فینپا رِشیوں سے وَیخانسوں نے وہ دھرم پایا؛ وَیخانسوں سے سوم نے اسے اختیار کیا؛ اور اس کے بعد وہ دھرم پھر سے ناپید ہو گیا۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is preserved through disciplined transmission and lived practice within qualified lineages; when custodianship weakens, even sacred ethical knowledge can lapse and become 'lost' again.
Vaiśampāyana recounts a chain of transmission: the Vaikhānasas receive dharma from the Phenapas; Soma then receives it from the Vaikhānasas; afterward, that dharma disappears once more, indicating a recurring cycle of preservation and decline.