Shloka 80
सर्वथा तोषयेद् भक्त्या वाचकं गुरुमात्मन: । देवता: कीर्तयेत् सर्वा नरनारायणौ तथा,कथावाचक अपना गुरु होता है, अतः उसके प्रति भक्तिभाव रखते हुए उसे सर्वथा संतुष्ट करना चाहिये। उस समय सम्पूर्ण देवताओं तथा भगवान् नर-नारायणका कीर्तन करना चाहिये
sarvathā toṣayed bhaktyā vācakaṃ gurum ātmanaḥ | devatāḥ kīrtayet sarvā nara-nārāyaṇau tathā ||
Vaiśampāyana said: One should, in every way, please the reciter who is one’s own teacher, with a spirit of devotion. At that time one should also chant the praises of all the gods, and likewise of Nara and Nārāyaṇa. The ethical emphasis is on reverence to the transmitting teacher and on sanctifying the act of listening/recitation through devotional remembrance of the divine.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Treat the narrator/reciter as one’s own guru and please him with devotion; sanctify the occasion by praising the gods and especially Nara–Nārāyaṇa—highlighting gratitude to the transmitter of sacred knowledge and devotional remembrance as proper religious conduct.
Vaiśampāyana gives a prescriptive instruction about how one should behave during/around the telling of the sacred account: honor the kathā-vācaka (reciter) as guru and engage in kīrtana of the deities, including Nara and Nārāyaṇa.