Shloka 1
Teaching of Karma-yoga
Student Conduct, Vedic Study, and Gāyatrī Supremacy
व्यास उवाच । एवं दंडादिभिर्युक्तः शौचाचारसमन्वितः । आहूतोध्यापनं कुर्याद्वीक्ष्यमाणो गुरोर्मुखम्
vyāsa uvāca | evaṃ daṃḍādibhiryuktaḥ śaucācārasamanvitaḥ | āhūtodhyāpanaṃ kuryādvīkṣyamāṇo gurormukham
Vyāsa disse: Assim, munido do bastão e dos demais requisitos, e observando pureza e boa conduta, quando for chamado deve iniciar a lição, mantendo o olhar no rosto do mestre.
Vyāsa
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: दंडादिभिर्युक्तः = दण्डादिभिः + युक्तः (ः + य → र्य्). आहूतोध्यापनम् = आहूतः + अध्यापनम् (अः + अ → ओ). कुर्याद्वीक्ष्यमाणो = कुर्यात् + वीक्ष्यमाणः (त् + व → द्व). गुरोर्मुखम् = गुरोः + मुखम् (ः + म → र्म्).
FAQs
The verse prescribes that the student should be properly equipped (with staff and related requisites), maintain purity (śauca) and good conduct (ācāra), and begin recitation only when summoned by the teacher.
It signals attentiveness, humility, and readiness to receive instruction—an embodied marker of the guru-śiṣya discipline where learning is guided directly by the teacher.
Learning is not merely intellectual; it requires self-discipline, cleanliness, respectful demeanor, and obedience to proper procedure under a qualified teacher.