Shloka 1
Gṛhastha-vṛtti and Niyama: Models of Householder Livelihood and Discipline (गृहस्थवृत्ति-नियमाः)
अत पज्चत्रिशर्दाधिकद्वधिशततमो< ध्याय: ब्राह्मणके कर्तव्यका प्रतिपादन करते हुए कालरूप नदको पार करनेका उपाय बतलाना व्यास उवाच त्रयीं विद्यामवेक्षेत वेदेषूक्तामथाड्रत: । ऋषकसामवर्णाक्षरतो यजुषो5थर्वणस्तथा
Vyāsa uvāca: trayīṁ vidyām avekṣeta vedeṣūktām athādrataḥ | ṛk-sāma-varṇākṣarato yajuṣo ’tharvaṇas tathā ||
ব্যাসে ক’লে—শ্ৰদ্ধাসহ বেদত উক্ত ত্ৰয়ী বিদ্যাক মনোযোগেৰে অৱলোকন কৰা উচিত; ঋক্ আৰু সামৰ বৰ্ণ-অক্ষৰ অনুসাৰে, আৰু তদ্ৰূপ যজুঃ আৰু অথৰ্বণৰো।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Diligent, disciplined contemplation of Vedic knowledge—down to precise words, letters, and syllables—is upheld as a foundation for right conduct and as a spiritual means to transcend the binding flow of Time.
Vyāsa begins an instruction on what a brāhmaṇa should do, pointing to careful Vedic study (Ṛg, Sāma, Yajus, Atharvan) as the method that supports dharma and enables one to ‘cross’ the formidable current of kāla.