Shloka 48
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
ब्राह्मण उवाच येनोपायेन गच्छेयं निजगेहं शुचिस्मिते । तन्ममाचक्ष्व कल्याणि हानिर्नोऽखिलकर्मणाम् ॥
brāhmaṇa uvāca yenopāyena gaccheyaṃ nijagehaṃ śucismite | tan mamācakṣva kalyāṇi hānir no 'khila-karmaṇām ||
Vị Bà-la-môn thưa rằng: “Bằng phương cách nào con có thể trở về nhà mình, hỡi người nở nụ cười hiền mỹ? Xin Người, bậc cát tường, chỉ dạy để toàn bộ nghi lễ và bổn phận của con không bị tổn thất.”
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FAQs
The verse frames dharma as practice-dependent: a householder’s obligations are not merely beliefs but time-bound acts (daily and occasional rites). Prolonged absence risks ‘hāni’—a practical erosion of dharmic order and self-discipline.
Primarily not pancalakṣaṇa material; it belongs to ācāra/dharma instruction embedded in narrative. It is ancillary to Purāṇic teaching rather than sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.
‘Home’ can symbolize the proper locus of svadharma (one’s ordained sphere). The request for an ‘upāya’ hints that dharma sometimes requires skillful means—right action aligned with time, place, and role.