Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 76
Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology
ब्रह्मोवाच विशेषः शिष्यपुत्राभ्यां विद्यते धर्मनन्दन धर्मकर्मसमायोगे तथापि गदतः श्रुणु
brahmovāca viśeṣaḥ śiṣyaputrābhyāṃ vidyate dharmanandana dharmakarmasamāyoge tathāpi gadataḥ śruṇu
Phạm Thiên nói: “Hỡi người là niềm hoan hỷ của Dharma, quả thật có sự phân biệt giữa đệ tử và người con trong vai trò riêng của họ; tuy vậy, trong sự kết hợp giữa dharma và hành nghiệp nghi lễ, hãy lắng nghe điều Ta tuyên thuyết.”
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FAQs
The verse frames a common Dharmic discussion: a son is tied to lineage and ancestral rites, while a disciple is tied to Vedic transmission and spiritual succession. Brahmā signals that although their social functions differ, both can be relevant to dharma (normative duty) and karma (ritual efficacy), setting up the next verses that compare their salvific roles.
Literally ‘delight/son of Dharma,’ it is a respectful vocative. In Purāṇic style it can address a listener characterized by righteousness, or someone connected to Dharma as a figure. The excerpt alone does not fix the identity; it functions primarily as an honorific indicating the listener’s dhārmic orientation.
Not outright. It acknowledges difference (viśeṣa) but prepares an argument that, in certain religious outcomes (especially merit, purification, and continuity of dharma), a disciple may function analogously to a son—an idea made explicit in the following ślokas.