सगरस्य पुत्रलाभः
Sagara’s Boons, Progeny, and the Rise of the Sixty Thousand
तां कथां कौशिको रामे निवेद्य कुशिकात्मज:।पुनरेवापरं वाक्यं काकुत्स्थ मिदमब्रवीत्।।।।
tāṃ kathāṃ kauśiko rāme nivedya kuśikātmajaḥ | punar evāparaṃ vākyaṃ kākutstha idam abravīt || 1.38.1 ||
考希迦——俱尸迦之后——向罗摩叙述完那段因缘后,又再开口,对迦拘特斯陀族的后裔说道。
Viswamitra, an offspring of Kusika having related the story (of Karthikeya) to the son of the Kakusthas (Rama) said again.
Dharma of instruction: sacred history is transmitted responsibly from a qualified teacher to a worthy listener for moral formation.
Viśvāmitra concludes one episode and transitions to the next, continuing his teaching narrative to Rāma.
Attentive discipleship and authoritative teaching: Rāma listens; Viśvāmitra guides through instructive history.