तस्यापि ह वा आत्मजस्य विप्र: पुत्रस्नेहानुबद्धमना आसमावर्तनात्संस्कारान् यथोपदेशं विदधान उपनीतस्य च पुन: शौचाचमनादीन् कर्मनियमाननभिप्रेतानपि समशिक्षयदनुशिष्टेन हि भाव्यं पितु: पुत्रेणेति ॥ ४ ॥
tasyapi ha va atmajasya viprah putra-snehanubaddha-mana asamavartanat samskaran yathopadesam vidadhana upanitasya ca punah saucacamanadin karma-niyaman anabhipretan api samasiksayad anusistena hi bhavyam pituh putreneti.
- tasya
- of him
- api ha va
- certainly
- atma-jasya
- of his son
- viprah
- the brahmana father of Jada Bharata (mad, crazy Bharata)
- putra-sneha-anubaddha-manah
- who was obliged by affection for his son
- a-sama-avartanat
- until the end of the brahmacarya-asrama
- samskaran
- the purificatory processes
- yatha-upadesam
- as prescribed in the sastras
- vidadhanah
- performing
- upanitasya
- of one who has a sacred thread
- ca
- also
- punah
- again
- sauca-acamana-adin
- practice of cleanliness, washing of the mouth, legs and hands, etc.
- karma-niyaman
- the regulative principles of fruitive activities
- anabhipretan api
- although not wanted by Jada Bharata
- samasiksayat
- taught
- anusistena
- taught to follow the regulative principles
- hi
- indeed
- bhavyam
- should be
- pituh
- from the father
- putrena
- the son
- iti
- thus
The brahmana father’s mind was always filled with affection for his son, Jada Bharata (Bharata Maharaja). Therefore he was always attached to Jada Bharata. Because Jada Bharata was unfit to enter the grhastha-asrama, he simply executed the purificatory process up to the end of the brahmacarya-asrama. Although Jada Bharata was unwilling to accept his father’s instructions, the brahmana nonetheless instructed him in how to keep clean and how to wash, thinking that the son should be taught by the father.