Shloka 6
प्रजाविसर्ग-तत्त्वनिर्णयः | Cosmogony of Elemental Emergence
Bharadvāja–Bhṛgu Dialogue
पितोवाच वेदानधीत्य ब्रह्मचर्येण पुत्र पुत्रानिच्छेत् पावनार्थ पितृणाम् । अग्नीनाधाय विधिवच्चेष्टयज्ञो वन॑ प्रविश्याथ मुनिर्बुभूषेत्
Bhīṣma uvāca: Pitovāca—vedān adhītya brahmacaryeṇa putra putrān icchet pāvanārthaṃ pitṝṇām | agnīn ādhāya vidhivac ceṣṭa-yajño vanaṃ praviśyātha munir bubhūṣet ||
毗湿摩（父亲）说道：“儿啊，二生者当先守梵行之戒，遍学诸吠陀；继而入居家期，为净化并增益祖先之福而愿求子嗣。又当如法安立圣火，奉行所规定的祭祀；然后进入林居之道。其后以沉默与克制而住，志求出离，愿成遁世的弃欲者。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
It outlines the classical progression of the four āśramas: first Vedic study with brahmacarya, then household life with procreation and ritual obligations for the sake of ancestors, then withdrawal to forest discipline, and finally renunciation marked by silence and inner detachment.
In Bhishma’s discourse on dharma, a traditional instruction is quoted as coming from a ‘father’ figure, prescribing the life-course duties of a dvija: study, maintain sacred fires and sacrifices, fulfill ancestral obligations through family life, and then gradually move toward ascetic withdrawal and sannyāsa.