Shloka 8
Suvarṇa-janma and Dakṣiṇā-Māhātmya
Origin and Supremacy of Gold as Ritual Fee
दश चोभयत: पुत्रो मातापित्रो: पितामहान् । दधाति सुकृतान् लोकान् पुनाति च कुलं नर:
daśa cobhayataḥ putro mātāpitroḥ pitāmahān dadhāti sukṛtān lokān punāti ca kulaṃ naraḥ
婆悉吒开示：贤良之子能成为宗族的灵性恩主；凭其功德，能提举母系与父系两边各十代，使之安置于由福业所生的吉祥界域，并净化整个家族血脉。其伦理旨趣在于：个人的达摩与德行向外辐射，不但转化自身，也转化与之相连的祖先共同体。
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person's righteous conduct—exemplified here by a worthy son—can uplift and purify the wider lineage. Merit (sukṛta) is portrayed as having transgenerational effects, benefiting ancestors on both maternal and paternal sides and sanctifying the family line.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing about the spiritual and ethical significance of offspring and virtue: he states that a son, through his merit, can secure auspicious posthumous realms for ancestors across ten generations on both sides and purify the kula (lineage).