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 ||
धर्मात्मा, क्रोध-विजयी, नियम में स्थित और इन्द्रियों को संयमित रखने वाले पुरुष को आचार्य निरन्तर वैसे ही सींचते-पोषते हैं, जैसे मधुमक्खियाँ मधु से छत्ते को भरती और भिगोती रहती हैं।
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.