Shloka 55
Ādi-parva Adhyāya 132 — Duryodhana’s Instructions to Purocana at Vāraṇāvata
Lākṣāgṛha Planning
एकलव्य उवाच कि प्रयच्छामि भगवन्नाज्ञापयतु मां गुरु:
ekalavya uvāca: kiṁ prayacchāmi bhagavan, ājñāpayatu māṁ guruḥ.
ເອກະລະວະ ກ່າວວ່າ: “ຂ້າແຕ່ທ່ານຜູ້ນ່າເຄົາລົບ, ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຄວນຖວາຍຫຍັງ? ຂໍໃຫ້ຄູຈົ່ງສັ່ງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ.” ໃນຂະນະນີ້ ເຂົາໄດ້ວາງຕົນໃຕ້ອຳນາດຂອງຄູ ແລະ ສະແດງຄວາມພ້ອມຈະມອບທຸກຢ່າງທີ່ຖືກຮ້ອງຂໍ ເປັນໜ້າທີ່ແຫ່ງຄວາມເປັນສິດ.
एकलव्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the disciple’s acceptance of the guru’s authority and the ethic of offering (dakṣiṇā) as a duty of learning—readiness to give without bargaining, trusting the teacher’s command.
Ekalavya addresses the revered teacher and asks what he should give, explicitly inviting the guru to command him—setting up the request for guru-dakṣiṇā in the Ekalavya episode.