Shloka 25
Mahāvasu’s Fall by Speech-Error and Release through Devotion (अज-विवादः वसोः शापः विमोचनं च)
इतिहासं च कार्त्स्न्येन राजशास्त्राणि वा विभो । गुरवे दक्षिणां दत्त्वा समावृत्तो महामुनि:
itihāsaṃ ca kārtsnyena rājaśāstrāṇi vā vibho | gurave dakṣiṇāṃ dattvā samāvṛtto mahāmuniḥ ||
“O mighty one, having fully mastered the traditional narratives (itihāsa) and the treatises on royal governance (rājaśāstra), the great sage, after offering the prescribed teacher’s fee (dakṣiṇā) to his guru, returned—thus completing his disciplined course of study.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True learning is shown not only by mastering knowledge—here, itihāsa and rājaśāstra—but also by ethical completion of discipleship: honoring the teacher through dakṣiṇā and returning as a disciplined, socially responsible graduate (samāvṛtta).
Bhīṣma describes a great sage who has thoroughly studied traditional narratives and the science of kingship under a guru; after giving the customary teacher’s fee, he formally concludes his training and returns.