Shloka 66
Adhyāya 208: Aṅgirasī-kanyāḥ
Enumeration of Aṅgiras’ daughters and attribute-names
शिष्टाचारे मन: कृत्वा प्रतिष्ठाप्पय च सर्वश: । यामयं लभते वृत्ति सा न शक््या हाुतो5न्यथा,मनुष्य शिष्ट पुरुषोंके उपर्युक्त आचारमें मनको सब प्रकारसे स्थापित करके जिस उत्तम स्थितिको प्राप्त करता है उसकी उपलब्धि और किसी प्रकारसे नहीं हो सकती
śiṣṭācāre manaḥ kṛtvā pratiṣṭhāpya ca sarvaśaḥ | yāmayaṃ labhate vṛttiṃ sā na śakyā hato 'nyathā ||
The hunter said: “When a person fixes the mind wholly upon the conduct of the cultured and disciplined (the śiṣṭas) and establishes it there in every way, the noble way of living and inner steadiness that he attains cannot be gained by any other means.”
व्याध उवाच
Educational Q&A
True moral steadiness and a noble way of life are best attained by anchoring one’s mind in śiṣṭācāra—learning from and conforming to the proven conduct of exemplary people—rather than seeking alternative shortcuts.
In the Vyādha’s instruction (the hunter-teacher episode), he emphasizes practical dharma: the seeker should model the mind and behavior on the established ethical norms embodied by the śiṣṭas, because that is the reliable path to inner and outer rectitude.