Shloka 14
Adhyaya 28 — Alarka Inquires into Varna and Ashrama Dharma; Madalasa Defines the Fourfold Duties
एकं द्वौ सकलान् वापि वेदान् प्राप्य गुरोर्मुखात् ।
अनुज्ञातोऽथ वन्दित्वा दक्षिणां गुरवे ततः ॥
ekaṃ dvau sakalān vāpi vedān prāpya guror mukhāt | anujñāto 'tha vanditvā dakṣiṇāṃ gurave tataḥ ||
गुरूंच्या मुखातून एक, दोन किंवा सर्व वेद विधिपूर्वक शिकून, नंतर परवानगी मिळाल्यावर नमस्कार करून, त्यानंतर गुरूंना दक्षिणा द्यावी।
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FAQs
Education is a sacred trust maintained by humility and reciprocity: the student honors the lineage through salutation and dakṣiṇā, acknowledging that knowledge is received, not seized.
Ācāra/Dharma instruction regarding āśrama and Vedic pedagogy; not a sarga/manvantara/vaṃśa passage.
‘From the guru’s mouth’ highlights śruti as living sound; dakṣiṇā symbolizes offering the fruits of learning back into the lineage, sealing the transmission.