Shloka 4
Adhyaya 23 — The Brahmin and His Wife
चिरं जीवोरुकल्याण ! हतास्ते परिपन्थिनः ।
पित्रोः प्रह्लादय मनस्तथास्माकमकण्टकम् ॥
ciraṃ jīvoru-kalyāṇa! hatās te paripanthinaḥ | pitroḥ prahlādaya manas tathāsmākam akaṇṭakam ||
“دیرپا عمر پاؤ، اے نہایت بختور! جو دشمن گھات لگائے بیٹھے تھے وہ مارے گئے۔ اب اپنے ماں باپ کے دل خوش کرو—اور ہمارے راستے کو بھی بےخار (بےمصیبت) بنا دو۔”
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FAQs
Blessing (āśīrvāda) is framed not merely as personal welfare but as restoration of dhārmic order: parents’ peace and the community’s freedom from danger are treated as shared goods.
Narrative (vaṃśānucarita-adjacent) rather than cosmological categories; it illustrates social dharma within a biographical story.
‘Akaṇṭaka’ (thornless path) can symbolize the removal of inner obstacles (kleśas). The call to gladden the parents hints at the karmic weight of filial duty (pitṛ-ṛṇa).