Shloka 71
ततस्तमश्रिनावूचतु:--आवाभ्यां पुरस्ताद् भवत उपाध्यायेनैवमेवाभिष्टृता भ्यामपूपो दत्त उपयुक्त: स तेनानिवेद्य गुरवे त्वमपि तथैव कुरुष्व यथा कृतमुपाध्यायेनेति,तब दोनों अश्विनीकुमार बोले--“वत्स! पहले तुम्हारे उपाध्यायने भी हमारी इसी प्रकार स्तुति की थी। उस समय हमने उन्हें जो पूआ दिया था, उसे उन्होंने अपने गुरुजीको निवेदन किये बिना ही काममें ले लिया था। तुम्हारे उपाध्यायने जैसा किया है, वैसा ही तुम भी करो”
tatas tam aśvināv ūcatuḥ—āvābhyāṃ purastād bhavata upādhyāyenaivam evābhiṣṭutābhyām apūpo datta upayuktaḥ; sa tenānivedya gurave tvam api tathaiva kuruṣva yathā kṛtam upādhyāyeneti.
Then the two Aśvins said to him: “Earlier, your teacher had praised us in just this same way. At that time we gave him a cake, and he used it without first informing or offering it to his own guru. You too should do exactly as your teacher did.”
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage foregrounds the ethical danger of justifying questionable conduct by citing precedent. Even if a respected teacher acted without offering to his guru, that does not automatically make imitation righteous; the narrative invites reflection on proper respect and obligation toward one’s guru.
The Aśvin twins address a person who has praised them. They recall that the person’s teacher once praised them similarly, received a cake from them, and used it without informing his own guru. They then instruct the current recipient to do the same—mirroring the teacher’s earlier act.