Vamana Purana — Rules of Purity (Shauca), Shloka 6
Rules of Purity (Śauca), Permissible Foods, and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
गुरोः कर्मणि सोद्योगः सम्यक्प्रीत्युपपादनम् तेनाहूतः पठेच्चैव तत्परो नान्यमानसः
guroḥ karmaṇi sodyogaḥ samyakprītyupapādanam tenāhūtaḥ paṭheccaiva tatparo nānyamānasaḥ
“He should be industrious in the guru’s tasks and duly bring about the guru’s satisfaction. When summoned by him, he should also study and recite—devoted to that alone, with his mind fixed on nothing else.”
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FAQs
Education is framed as character-training: diligent service and single-pointed attention are presented as prerequisites for receiving knowledge, emphasizing that learning is earned through humility and steadiness.
This is didactic dharma material (ācāra) within the Purāṇa’s broader compilation; it does not directly map to a specific lakṣaṇa, but supports Purāṇic aims of teaching right conduct.
‘Pleasing the guru’ symbolizes aligning oneself with the living conduit of tradition; ‘no other thought’ points to mastery of distraction, making brahmacarya a yogic discipline as well as a social-religious institution.