Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 41
Mantraśodhana, Dīkṣā-krama, Guru-Pādukā, Ajapā-Haṃsa, and Ṣaṭcakra-Kuṇḍalinī Sādhana
ततः शिष्यः समुत्थाय गन्धाद्यैर्गुरुमर्चयेत् । दद्याञ्च दक्षिणां तस्मै वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जितः ॥ ४१ ॥
tataḥ śiṣyaḥ samutthāya gandhādyairgurumarcayet | dadyāñca dakṣiṇāṃ tasmai vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ || 41 ||
Kemudian murid hendaklah bangun lalu memuja guru dengan pes cendana dan persembahan yang lain; dan hendaklah ia juga menyerahkan dakṣiṇā yang ditetapkan, tanpa sebarang tipu daya tentang harta.
Narada (in a didactic passage on proper conduct for students and ritual-technical learning)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It frames learning as a sacred exchange: knowledge is received through reverence (arcana) and completed through righteous gratitude (dakṣiṇā), purified by honesty and freedom from greed or deception.
By training the disciple in humble service and heartfelt honoring of the guru, it cultivates bhāva (devotional disposition). Such guru-bhakti is treated as a doorway to steadiness in mantra, ritual, and ultimately devotion to the divine taught by the guru.
It highlights ritual propriety (ācāra) connected to Vedic instruction—formal honoring with offerings and the rule of dakṣiṇā—emphasizing ethical correctness (no vitta-śāṭhya) as part of technical Vedic discipline.