Shloka 9
Arjuna Honored in Indra’s Court; Lomāśa’s Audience; Indra’s Disclosure of Lineage and Mission
Book 3, Chapter 45
यो<थीते गुरुशुश्रूषां मेधां चाष्टगुणा श्रयाम् । ब्रह्मचर्येण दाक्ष्येण प्रसवैर्वयसापि च
yo ’thīte guruśuśrūṣāṁ medhāṁ cāṣṭaguṇāṁ śrayām | brahmacaryeṇa dākṣyeṇa prasavair vayasāpi ca
Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Aquel que ha seguido el servicio devoto a sus maestros y se ha acogido a una inteligencia aguda, dotada de excelencia en ocho aspectos—sostenida además por la disciplina del brahmacarya, la destreza práctica, la madurez que nace de las etapas de la vida e incluso por la edad—(es apto para la responsabilidad pretendida)».
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the qualifications that make a person worthy: devoted service to teachers, refined intelligence with multiple virtues, and the stabilizing supports of disciplined conduct (brahmacarya), competence (dākṣya), and mature life-experience (including age).
Vaiśampāyana is describing the traits of an ideal, qualified individual—someone shaped by the guru–śiṣya discipline and personal virtues—within the ongoing Vana Parva discourse.