Shloka 41
Adhyaya 20 — Duties of Life Stages
पुत्रावूचतुः तेनाख्यातमिदं तात पूर्ववृत्तं महात्मना ।
कौमारके यथा तस्य वृतं सद्वृत्तशालिनः ॥
putrāv ūcatuḥ tenākhyātam idaṃ tāta pūrva-vṛttaṃ mahātmanā | kaumārake yathā tasya vṛtaṃ sad-vṛtta-śālinaḥ ||
دونوں بیٹوں نے کہا—اے پیارے والد! یہ سابقہ بیان اسی مہاتما نے سنایا تھا کہ بچپن میں اُس نیک سیرت مرد کا کردار کیسے دیکھا گیا، یعنی اُس نے کون سا ورت اور ضبط اختیار کیا۔
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FAQs
Dharma is preserved through narration and exemplars: the sons relay instruction received from a ‘mahātman’, emphasizing lineage of teaching and the importance of forming virtue from youth.
Functions as an introduction to a vaṃśānucarita-like moral narrative (life of a virtuous figure), though not itself a genealogical enumeration.
‘Boyhood conduct’ signals that spiritual/ethical formation begins before social status and power; inner samskāras established early become the foundation for later achievements.