Shloka 35
Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga
Pulastya’s Instruction
प्रत्यूचु: परमप्रीता राम॑ हर्षसमन्विता: । तपस्ते वर्धतां भूय: पितृभक्त्या विशेषत:,परशुरामजीका यह शुभ वचन सुनकर उनके पितर बड़े प्रसन्न हुए और हर्षमें भरकर बोले--“वत्स! तुम्हारी तपस्या इस विशेष पितृभक्तिसे पुन: बढ़ जाय
pratyūcuḥ paramaprītā rāma harṣasamanvitāḥ | tapaste vardhatāṃ bhūyaḥ pitṛbhaktyā viśeṣataḥ ||
Các bậc phụ tổ, vô cùng hoan hỷ và tràn đầy hân hoan, đáp lời Rāma: “Hỡi con yêu, nguyện cho khổ hạnh của con càng thêm tăng trưởng—đặc biệt nhờ lòng hiếu kính khác thường đối với cha và tổ tiên.”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Austerity (tapas) is praised as most potent and dharmic when it is joined to pitṛbhakti—reverence and devoted duty toward one’s father and ancestors—so spiritual discipline is grounded in gratitude, lineage-duty, and ethical intention.
Rāma (Paraśurāma) receives a response from the forefathers: they are pleased and joyfully bless him, wishing that his tapas may increase further, emphasizing that his special devotion to his father/ancestors is the cause of their satisfaction.