Shloka 12
Adhyaya 28 — Alarka Inquires into Varna and Ashrama Dharma; Madalasa Defines the Fourfold Duties
स्वाध्यायोऽथाग्रिशुश्रूषा स्नानं भिक्षाटनं तथा ।
गुरोर्निवेद्य तच्चान्नमनुज्ञातेन सर्वदा ॥
svādhyāyo 'thāgriśuśrūṣā snānaṃ bhikṣāṭanaṃ tathā | guror nivedya tac cānnam anujñātena sarvadā ||
சுயஅಧ್ಯயனம், அக்னிசேவை, நீராடுதல், பிச்சை எடுதல்; அந்த உணவை குருவுக்கு நிவேதித்து, எப்போதும் குருவின் அனுமதியுடன் மட்டுமே உண்ண வேண்டும்।
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FAQs
The student’s life is structured to cultivate restraint and reverence: learning (svādhyāya) is inseparable from purity, service, and humility before the guru.
Ācāra/Dharma instruction; it reflects Purāṇic preservation of Vedic pedagogy.
Fire-service points to tending the ‘inner agni’ of attention; offering food to the guru symbolizes offering the fruits of action to higher guidance before personal enjoyment.