Shloka 13
Adhyaya 28 — Alarka Inquires into Varna and Ashrama Dharma; Madalasa Defines the Fourfold Duties
गुरोः कर्मणि सोद्योगः सम्यक् प्रीत्युपपादनम् ।
तेनाहूतः पठेच्चैव तत्परो नान्यमानसः ॥
guroḥ karmaṇi sodyogaḥ samyak prītyupapādanam | tenāhūtaḥ paṭhec caiva tatparo nānyamānasaḥ ||
गुरोः कार्येषु दक्षः स्यात् गुरोः प्रीतिं सम्यगाचरेत्। आहूतोऽधीयीत तन्मात्रपरायणः, अन्यचित्तवर्जितः।
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FAQs
Learning is safeguarded by character: service, gratitude, and attentiveness are treated as prerequisites for receiving instruction and retaining it.
Ācāra/Dharma instruction (educational ethics), ancillary to the five-lakṣaṇa topics.
Single-pointedness (ekāgratā) is implied: the ‘no other mind’ instruction is a direct yogic cue—knowledge dawns when attention is not fragmented.