कस्मान्मे सुतमालोक्य स्मितं विप्र कृतं त्वया । तत्र मे कारणं ब्रह्मन्यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि
kasmānme sutamālokya smitaṃ vipra kṛtaṃ tvayā | tatra me kāraṇaṃ brahmanyathāvadvaktumarhasi
“اے وِپر (برہمن)، میرے بیٹے کو دیکھ کر آپ نے مسکراہٹ کیوں کی؟ اے پاکیزہ برہمن، اس کی سچی وجہ جیسے ہے ویسے ہی مجھے بتانا چاہیے۔”
The boy’s father (a ṛṣi/muni figure in the narrative)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The father addresses the brāhmaṇa with respectful urgency, asking why he smiled at the sight of the child; the scene is still, charged with expectation of prophecy.
Dharma encourages respectful questioning and a commitment to truth—asking the wise to speak plainly for one’s welfare.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the sacred setting where such instructive dialogues unfold.
None explicitly; the request for truthful explanation prepares the ground for subsequent religious action.