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
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「師に対する篤い奉仕を積み、八つの卓越を具えた鋭き知慧に帰依した者—さらに梵行の戒、実務の才、人生の段階がもたらす成熟、そして年齢そのものに支えられている者—（こそが、意図された責務にふさわしい）。」
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.