Shloka 27
Yajña-bhāga-vyavasthā and the Pravṛtti–Nivṛtti Framework (यज्ञभागव्यवस्था तथा प्रवृत्तिनिवृत्तिधर्मविवेचनम्)
सुमन्तुं च महाभागं वैशम्पायनमेव च । जैमिनिं च महाप्राज्ञं पैलं चापि तपस्विनम्
sumantuṁ ca mahābhāgaṁ vaiśampāyanam eva ca | jaiminiṁ ca mahāprājñaṁ pailaṁ cāpi tapasvinam ||
ਭੀਸ਼ਮ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—(ਵਿਆਸ ਨੇ) ਮਹਾਭਾਗ ਸੁਮੰਤੂ, ਵੈਸ਼ੰਪਾਯਨ, ਮਹਾਪ੍ਰਾਜ्ञ ਜੈਮਿਨੀ ਅਤੇ ਤਪਸਵੀ ਪੈਲ—ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ (ਵੇਦ) ਪੜ੍ਹਾਏ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred knowledge is preserved and made effective through qualified transmission: disciples are described by merit—fortune, wisdom, and ascetic discipline—implying that learning is inseparable from ethical fitness and self-control.
Bhishma lists the principal disciples associated with the tradition of Vyasa’s teaching—Sumantu, Vaishampayana, Jaimini, and Paila—situating the discussion within the lineage by which the Vedas and Itihasa were handed down.