Shloka 15
अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā
यवक्रीतश्न नृपते द्रोणश्व॒ वदतां वर: । आयुर्मतज़ो दत्तश्न ट्रपदो मत्स्य एव च
Yavakrītaś ca nṛpate Droṇaś ca vadatāṁ varaḥ | Āyurmattaś ca Dattaś ca Tṛpaṇo Matsya eva ca ||
পরাশর বললেন—হে নৃপতি, যবক্রীত, বাক্যে শ্রেষ্ঠ দ্রোণ, আয়ুর্মত্ত, দত্ত, তৃপণ এবং মৎস্যও (স্মরণীয়দের মধ্যে) ছিলেন।
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a mnemonic listing within a didactic discourse: it emphasizes the importance of remembering exemplary or noteworthy persons—especially teachers and learned figures—whose lives and speech are relevant to ethical instruction.
Parāśara addresses a king and enumerates several named individuals (including Droṇa, praised as an excellent speaker). The verse is part of a larger catalog-like passage in which figures are being cited or recalled to support the surrounding teaching.