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Shloka 6

Śreyas-nirdeśa (Discerning the Superior Good): Nārada–Gālava Saṃvāda

पितोवाच अधीत्य वेदान्‌ ब्रह्मचर्येषु पुत्र पुत्रानिच्छेत्‌ पावनाय पितृणाम्‌ । अग्नीनाधाय विधिवच्चेष्टयज्ञो वन॑ प्रविश्याथ मुनिर्बुभूषेत्‌

pitovāca adhītya vedān brahmacaryeṣu putra putrān icchet pāvanāya pitṝṇām | agnīn ādhāya vidhivac ceṣṭayajño vanaṁ praviśyātha munir bubhūṣet ||

Người cha đáp: “Con ơi, trước hết, trong nếp sống phạm hạnh của bậc học trò, hãy học cho thông Veda. Rồi vì sự thanh tịnh và nâng đỡ tổ tiên, hãy bước vào đời sống gia chủ và mong có con trai. Hãy lập các ngọn lửa tế tự đúng nghi thức và cử hành các lễ định như hỏa cúng (agnihotra) theo luật. Khi đã hoàn tất các bổn phận tế tự, bấy giờ hãy vào giai đoạn sống nơi rừng, mong sống như một bậc hiền sĩ.”

पिताfather
पिता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
अधीत्यhaving studied
अधीत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootअधि-इ
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), Parasmaipada
वेदान्the Vedas
वेदान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेद
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
ब्रह्मचर्येषुin the (stage/practice of) brahmacarya
ब्रह्मचर्येषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मचर्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
पुत्रO son
पुत्र:
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पुत्रान्sons
पुत्रान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
इच्छेत्should desire
इच्छेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
FormOptative, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
पावनायfor purification
पावनाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपावन
FormNeuter, Dative, Singular
पितृणाम्of the ancestors
पितृणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
अग्नीन्sacred fires
अग्नीन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
आधायhaving established/placed
आधाय:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-धा
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), Parasmaipada
विधिवत्according to rule
विधिवत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविधिवत्
चेष्टयज्ञःone engaged in (performing) sacrifices
चेष्टयज्ञः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचेष्टयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वनम्the forest
वनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्रविश्यhaving entered
प्रविश्य:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-विश्
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), Parasmaipada
अथthen
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
मुनिःa sage
मुनिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
बुभूषेत्should wish to become (a sage)
बुभूषेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormDesiderative + Optative, 3, Singular, Atmanepada

भीष्म उवाच

F
Father (pita)
V
Vedas (vedāḥ)
A
Ancestors (pitaraḥ/pitṛs)
S
Sacred fires (agni)

Educational Q&A

It lays out the normative progression of āśrama-dharma: study the Vedas in brahmacarya, fulfill ancestral and social obligations through household life (including begetting sons and maintaining sacred fires), and then transition to vānaprastha with a sage-like mode of living.

In Bhīṣma’s discourse on dharma, a father instructs his son on the proper life-course for a twice-born man: education and discipline first, ritual and progeny in householdership, and finally withdrawal to the forest for contemplative living.