Shloka 10
Adhyaya 18 — Arjuna Declines the Throne; Garga Directs Him to Dattatreya; The Gods Defeat the Daityas through Dattatreya’s Vision and the Movement of Lakshmi
पुत्र उवाच तस्य तन्निश्चयं ज्ञात्वा मन्त्रिमध्यस्थितोऽब्रवीत् ।
गर्गो नाम महाबुद्धिर्मुनिश्रेष्ठो वयोऽतिगः ॥
putra uvāca tasya tan-niścayaṃ jñātvā mantri-madhya-sthito 'bravīt | gargo nāma mahā-buddhir muni-śreṣṭho vayo 'tigaḥ ||
王子は言った。彼の決意を悟ると、群臣の中に立つ一人が語り出した――名をガルガ（Garga）といい、智慧きわめて大にして、賢聖の中の最勝、年齢もすでに高かった。
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FAQs
A righteous polity requires wise counsel: the presence of a sage among ministers signals that political power should be checked and guided by dharma-jñāna.
Narrative setup within vaṃśānucarita-style instruction (conduct of rulers and events), not a direct pancalakṣaṇa category by itself.
Garga represents the ‘inner guru’—discriminative wisdom arising within the council of faculties—intervening when ambition crystallizes into irreversible resolve.