Shloka 15
Adhyāya 39 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry on attachment (saṅga) and relational restraint
अपि च ज्ञानसम्पन्न: सर्वान् वेदान् पितुर्गृहि । श्लाघमान इवाधीयादू ग्राम्य इत्येव त॑ विदु:
api ca jñāna-sampannaḥ sarvān vedān pitur gṛhe | ślāghamāna ivādhīyād grāmya ity eva taṃ viduḥ ||
ຍິ່ງກວ່ານັ້ນ ແມ່ນແຕ່ຊາຍຜູ້ມີປັນຍາຄົບຖ້ວນ ແລະຮຽນວິເທດທັງປວງຢູ່ໃນເຮືອນພໍ່—ເຫັນຄືວ່າຄວນໄດ້ຮັບການສັນລະເສີນ—ບັນດານັກປັນຍາກໍຍັງເຫັນວ່າເປັນແຕ່ «ຄົນບ້ານນອກ» ເທົ່ານັ້ນ. ຄວາມໝາຍທາງທຳທີ່ຊ່ອນຢູ່ຄື: ຄວາມເລີດລ້ຳໃນການຮຽນວິເທດ ຢູ່ທີ່ການເປັນສິດທິສານມີວິໄນຢູ່ກັບຄູ (ກຸຣຸ) ອົດທົນຄວາມລຳບາກໃນເຮືອນຄູ ບໍ່ແມ່ນຮຽນຢູ່ເຮືອນຢ່າງສະດວກສະບາຍ.
सोम उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vedic learning is not measured only by the amount studied, but by the disciplined mode of study: true refinement comes from brahmacarya under a guru, with humility and hardship, not from comfortable study at one’s parental home.
Soma states a social-ethical judgment about education: even a knowledgeable person who studies the Vedas at his father’s house is still labeled ‘grāmya’ by the learned, implying that proper training requires residence and service in the teacher’s household.