Shloka 3
Śreyas-nirdeśa (Discerning the Superior Good): Nārada–Gālava Saṃvāda
द्विजाते: कस्यचित् पार्थ स्वाध्यायनिरतस्य वै । पुत्रो बभूव मेधावी मेधावी नाम नामतः,कुन्तीनन्दन! प्राचीनकालमें किसी स्वाध्यायपरायण ब्राह्मणके एक बड़ा मेधावी पुत्र उत्पन्न हुआ, जिसका नाम “मेधावी” ही था
dvijāteḥ kasyacit pārtha svādhyāya-niratasya vai | putro babhūva medhāvī medhāvī nāma nāmataḥ ||
ဘိဿမက ပြောသည်—“အို ပါရ္ထ၊ ရှေးကာလတစ်ခါက ဒွိဇ (နှစ်ကြိမ်မွေး) တစ်ဦးရှိ၍ သာသနာစာပေကို လေ့လာဖတ်ရှုခြင်း (သွာဓျာယ) တွင် အမြဲတမ်း စူးစိုက်နေသူဖြစ်သည်။ ထိုသူ၌ ဉာဏ်ထက်မြက်လွန်စွာသော သားတစ်ယောက် မွေးဖွားလာပြီး၊ ထက်မြက်မှုကြောင့်ပင် ‘မေဓာဝီ’ (ပညာရှိ) ဟူသော အမည်ဖြင့် ခေါ်ဝေါ်ခံရ၏”။
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds svādhyāya (disciplined sacred study) as a foundational virtue: devotion to learning and recitation is presented as a dharmic excellence that shapes character and becomes the ground for exemplary conduct, introduced through the figure of the wise son, Medhāvī.
Bhishma begins an illustrative account addressed to Partha (Yudhishthira): he introduces a brahmin devoted to svādhyāya and the birth of his exceptionally intelligent son, whose very name, Medhāvī, reflects his renowned wisdom—setting up a moral narrative to follow.