Shloka 36
Āśā-prabhava (आशाप्रभव) — On the Rise and Power of Hope/Expectation
Sumitra Itihāsa Begins
धर्मात्मानं जितक्रोधं॑ नियतं संयतेन्द्रियम् । समासिज्चन्ति शास्तार: क्षौद्रं मथ्विव मक्षिका:
dharmātmānaṁ jitakrodhaṁ niyataṁ saṁyatendriyam | samāsiñcanti śāstāraḥ kṣaudraṁ mathv iva makṣikāḥ ||
Prahlāda disse: “Os mestres continuamente ‘banham’ o homem justo—aquele que venceu a ira, vive sob disciplina e mantém os sentidos refreados—tal como as abelhas umedecem e enchem um favo com doce néctar. Do mesmo modo, os brāhmaṇas que instruem continuam a nutrir-me com as palavras ambrosíacas dos śāstras, sustentando-me no autocontrole e no caminho do dharma.”
प्रह्माद उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person established in dharma should conquer anger and restrain the senses; such inner discipline makes one fit to receive and be continually nourished by scriptural instruction, compared to a honeycomb being filled by bees with sweetness.
Prahlāda describes his ethical formation: teachers (brāhmaṇas) keep him steady in restraint and dharma by repeatedly instructing him with śāstric wisdom, using the vivid image of bees saturating a honeycomb with nectar.