Shloka 16
Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness
सुकृषस्य वयं पुत्राश्चत्वारः संयतात्मनः ।
तस्यर्षेर्विनयाचारभक्तिनम्राः सदैव हि ॥
sukṛṣasya vayaṃ putrāś catvāraḥ saṃyatātmanaḥ |
tasyarṣer vinayācāra-bhakti-namrāḥ sadaiva hi ||
我们是自制的圣者苏克里沙（Sukṛṣa）的四个儿子。确实，我们常怀谦卑——以虔敬而俯首——并安住于那位仙人（ṛṣi）所教导的戒律行持之中。
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds the classical dharmic triad of formation: (1) saṃyama (inner restraint), (2) vinaya (humility), and (3) sadācāra (disciplined right conduct), all stabilized by bhakti (devotional reverence). Wisdom here is presented not as mere knowledge, but as character shaped by a teacher’s (ṛṣi’s) lived discipline.
This verse aligns most closely with Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita (genealogy and the accounts of lineages), since it identifies lineage (sons of Sukṛṣa) and the transmitted ethical formation from the ṛṣi. It is not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara in content.
Symbolically, “birds” often signify a mobile, subtle intelligence; their claim of being ‘saṃyatātmā’ and ‘vinayācāra-bhakti-namra’ implies that true spiritual insight must be tethered to restraint and humility, otherwise it becomes unstable (like flight without direction). The verse encodes the idea that higher perception is legitimate only when disciplined by dharma and reverence.