Shloka 36
Āśā-prabhava (आशाप्रभव) — On the Rise and Power of Hope/Expectation
Sumitra Itihāsa Begins
धर्मात्मानं जितक्रोधं॑ नियतं संयतेन्द्रियम् । समासिज्चन्ति शास्तार: क्षौद्रं मथ्विव मक्षिका:
dharmātmānaṁ jitakrodhaṁ niyataṁ saṁyatendriyam | samāsiñcanti śāstāraḥ kṣaudraṁ mathv iva makṣikāḥ ||
Prahlāda dijo: «Los maestros no cesan de “bañar” al hombre justo —aquel que ha vencido la ira, vive bajo disciplina y mantiene los sentidos refrenados—, como las abejas humedecen y colman un panal con dulce néctar. Del mismo modo, los brāhmaṇas que instruyen me nutren con las palabras ambrosíacas de los śāstras, sosteniéndome en el autocontrol y en la senda del dharma».
प्रह्माद उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person established in dharma should conquer anger and restrain the senses; such inner discipline makes one fit to receive and be continually nourished by scriptural instruction, compared to a honeycomb being filled by bees with sweetness.
Prahlāda describes his ethical formation: teachers (brāhmaṇas) keep him steady in restraint and dharma by repeatedly instructing him with śāstric wisdom, using the vivid image of bees saturating a honeycomb with nectar.