सतां सप्तपदं मैत्रमित्याहुर्बुद्धिकोविदाः । मित्रतां च पुरस्कृत्य समासाद्वक्तुमर्हसि
satāṃ saptapadaṃ maitramityāhurbuddhikovidāḥ | mitratāṃ ca puraskṛtya samāsādvaktumarhasi
Bậc trí giả nói rằng: giữa những người hiền thiện, tình bằng hữu được kết ấn bằng “bảy bước” cùng đi. Vậy nên, tôn trọng mối giao tình ấy, xin Ngài hãy từ bi nói với tôi trong niềm tin cậy.
Brāhmaṇa
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame, implied)
Scene: Two figures stand or walk together taking ‘seven steps’ in symbolic unity; the brāhmaṇa invokes this bond to request confidential instruction from the divine speaker.
True counsel is requested and given within dharmic friendship—trust built through shared commitment and virtue.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the surrounding narrative setting; the verse itself highlights the ethics of receiving sacred instruction.
No ritual is prescribed here; it establishes the relationship and right attitude for receiving secret teachings.
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