Shloka 5
Adhyāya 2: Nārada’s Disclosure—Karṇa’s Training and the Brahmin’s Curse (Śānti-parva)
स बालस्तेजसा युक्तः सूतपुत्रत्वमागतः । चकाराद्िरसां श्रेष्ठाद् धनुर्वेदं गुरोस्तदा
sa bālas tejasā yuktaḥ sūtaputratvam āgataḥ | cakārāṅgirasāṃ śreṣṭhād dhanurvedaṃ guros tadā ||
နာရဒ မုနိက ပြောသည်– ကလေးဘဝကတည်းက သဘာဝတောက်ပသော တေဇောဓာတ်နှင့် ပြည့်စုံသူဖြစ်၍ လူအများက သူ့ကို “ရထားမောင်းသူ၏သား” ဟု ခေါ်ကြ၏။ ထိုအခါ၌ သူသည် ဂုရု ဒ్రోဏာචာရ្យ ထံမှ—အင်္ဂိရသ ဝంశရှိ ဗြာဟ္မဏတို့အနက် အထူးမြတ်ဆုံးဖြစ်သူထံမှ—ဓနုဝေဒ (မြားပစ်ပညာ) ကို သင်ယူခဲ့၏။
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores that innate excellence (tejas) can exist regardless of social label, but it becomes effective and ethically directed through disciplined learning under a qualified guru; reputation and birth-identity may shape how society sees a person, yet training and character shape what the person becomes.
Nārada describes a gifted boy who becomes publicly known as a sūtaputra and, at that stage of his life, studies Dhanurveda under Droṇa, described as foremost among the Āṅgirasa Brahmins—establishing the boy’s martial education and the authority of his teacher.