Shloka 13
Adhyaya 28 — Alarka Inquires into Varna and Ashrama Dharma; Madalasa Defines the Fourfold Duties
गुरोः कर्मणि सोद्योगः सम्यक् प्रीत्युपपादनम् ।
तेनाहूतः पठेच्चैव तत्परो नान्यमानसः ॥
guroḥ karmaṇi sodyogaḥ samyak prītyupapādanam | tenāhūtaḥ paṭhec caiva tatparo nānyamānasaḥ ||
সে গুরুর কাজে তৎপর থাকবে এবং যথাযথভাবে গুরুর সন্তোষ সাধন করবে। গুরুর আহ্বানে সে একাগ্রচিত্তে, অন্য মনোভাব ত্যাগ করে অধ্যয়ন/পাঠ করবে।
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FAQs
Learning is safeguarded by character: service, gratitude, and attentiveness are treated as prerequisites for receiving instruction and retaining it.
Ācāra/Dharma instruction (educational ethics), ancillary to the five-lakṣaṇa topics.
Single-pointedness (ekāgratā) is implied: the ‘no other mind’ instruction is a direct yogic cue—knowledge dawns when attention is not fragmented.