Shloka 31
Adhyāya 166: Kṛtaghna-doṣa (कृतघ्नदोषः) — the fault of ingratitude and the limits of expiation
श्रद्दधान: शुभां विद्यां हीनादपि समाप्रुयात् । सुवर्णमपि चामेध्यादाददीताविचारयन्
śraddadhānaḥ śubhāṁ vidyāṁ hīnād api samāpnuyāt | suvarṇam api cāmedhyād ādadīta avicārayan |
ভীষ্মে ক’লে—শ্ৰদ্ধাৱান ব্যক্তিয়ে নীচ অৱস্থাৰ মানুহৰ পৰাও যদি উত্তম বিদ্যা পায়, তেন্তে তাক ভক্তিভৰে গ্ৰহণ কৰি আয়ত্ত কৰিব লাগে। তদ্ৰূপ অশুচি ঠাইত পৰি থাকিলেও সোনাহ’লে দ্বিধা নকৰাকৈ তুলি ল’ব লাগে।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True knowledge should be accepted wherever it is found. One should not reject good instruction because the teacher is socially ‘low’ or the context seems impure; value is determined by the quality of the teaching, just as gold remains valuable even if it lies in an unclean place.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right conduct. Here he uses two analogies—learning from a low-born person and picking up gold from an impure place—to emphasize discernment and the primacy of virtue over external status.