Shloka 3
Rules of Purity (Shauca) — Duties of Householder and Forest-Dweller
सुकेशिरुवाच विप्राणां चातुराश्रम्यं विस्तरान्मे तपोधनाः आचक्षध्वं न मे तृप्तिः शृण्वतः प्रतिपद्यते
sukeśiruvāca viprāṇāṃ cāturāśramyaṃ vistarānme tapodhanāḥ ācakṣadhvaṃ na me tṛptiḥ śṛṇvataḥ pratipadyate
Sukeśi nói: Hỡi các bậc hiền triết giàu công phu khổ hạnh, xin hãy giảng cho tôi thật tường tận về hệ thống bốn āśrama của các brāhmaṇa. Khi tôi lắng nghe, tôi vẫn chưa được thỏa lòng (còn muốn nghe thêm).
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FAQs
The verse models śravaṇa and jijñāsā (earnest inquiry): dharma is not merely received passively but sought with sustained attention, indicating that moral knowledge matures through repeated hearing and reflection.
This is a narrative hinge (praśna) that triggers an instructional section; such dialogic structuring is a common Purāṇic method for embedding dharma teachings alongside the canonical lakṣaṇas.
A rākṣasa’s hunger to hear about brāhmaṇical āśrama-dharma symbolizes the permeability of spiritual aspiration across ontological and social boundaries—suggesting dharma’s universality and the transformative power of satsanga (association with sages).