Shloka 9

Yayāti’s Request for Youth: Sons’ Refusals and Pūru’s Acceptance (ययातेः यौवन-विनिमयः)

Devanagari script

शिष्यस्याशिष्यवृत्तेस्तु न क्षन्तव्यं बुभूषता । तस्मात्‌ संकीर्णवृत्तेषु वासो मम न रोचते,परंतु जो शिष्य होकर भी शिष्योचित बर्ताव नहीं करता, अपना हित चाहनेवाले गुरुको उसकी धृष्टता क्षमा नहीं करनी चाहिये। इसलिये इन संकीर्ण आचार-विचारवाले दानवोंके बीच निवास करना अब मुझे अच्छा नहीं लगता

Transliteration

śiṣyasyāśiṣyavṛttestu na kṣantavyaṃ bubhūṣatā | tasmāt saṃkīrṇavṛtteṣu vāso mama na rocate ||

Translation

Śukra dit : «Quand un disciple se conduit d’une manière indigne d’un disciple, le maître qui veut le véritable bien de ce disciple ne doit pas excuser une telle insolence. C’est pourquoi vivre parmi ces asuras aux mœurs mêlées et corrompues ne me plaît plus.»

Word by Word

• {'śiṣyasya': 'of the disciple', 'aśiṣya-vṛttiḥ': 'conduct unbecoming of a disciple

• undisciplined behavior', 'tu': 'but/indeed', 'na kṣantavyam': 'should not be tolerated/forgiven', 'bubhūṣatā': 'by one who wishes well

• by one desiring the (disciple’s) good/prosperity', 'tasmāt': 'therefore', 'saṃkīrṇa-vṛtteṣu': 'among those of mixed, confused, or impure conduct', 'vāsaḥ': 'dwelling

• residence', 'mama': 'my', 'na rocate': 'does not please

Speaker

शुक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śukra (Śukrācārya)
• śiṣya (disciple)
• dānava (demons/Daityas-Dānavas as a group)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A teacher who genuinely seeks a student’s welfare should not indulge or excuse behavior that violates the discipline and humility expected of a disciple. Tolerating insolence reinforces adharma; correction (including refusal to associate) is presented as a form of ethical guidance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śukra expresses displeasure at the improper, undisciplined conduct found among his disciples/associates (here characterized as Dānavas). Because their behavior is ‘mixed’ and corrupt, he declares that residing among them no longer appeals to him.