Gopalacampu 1.17.12

1.17.12

[6] atha, kim asmābhir vyaktaṃ vaktavyaṃ gotrabhit-satraṃ prati, kiṃ vāyaṃ vatsaḥ pratipatsyete iti vicikitsati tāta-pāde tad eva kiñcid atiriktaṃ vyaktam iva kartum icchati sma | [7] yathā ca, tāta, sarvatra nipuṇānāṃ vaijñānikānāṃ bhavatāṃ putrā vayaṃ na tāvad gocārakatā-mātra-paryavasita-paryālocanāḥ, kintu kiñcit kiñcij jñāna-nītiṃ dharma-rītim api pratipadyāmahe iti vyañjanayā mañju vadati sma-

Then, as his revered father hesitated, thinking, “Should we openly speak of this sacrifice to the mountain-splitter [Indra], or will this child understand?”, he wished to make it a little more evident. As if indicating, “Father, we, the sons of you who are skilled and knowledgeable in all matters, are not after all of an intellect confined solely to grazing cows, but rather we also understand a little of the principles of knowledge and the conduct of dharma”, he spoke charmingly by suggestion: