Shloka 17
Adhyaya 28 — Alarka Inquires into Varna and Ashrama Dharma; Madalasa Defines the Fourfold Duties
शुश्रूषुर्निरभिमानो ब्रह्मचार्याश्रमं वसेत् ।
उपावृत्तस्ततस्तस्मात् गृहस्थाश्रमकाम्यया ॥
śuśrūṣur nirabhimāno brahmacāryāśramaṃ vaset /
upāvṛttas tatas tasmāt gṛhasthāśramakāmyayā //
சேவையில் ஈடுபட்டு அகந்தையற்றவனாய் அவன் பிரம்மசர்ய ஆசிரமத்தில் வாழ வேண்டும். பின்னர் அங்கிருந்து திரும்பி, இல்லற ஆசிரமத்தில் புகவேண்டும் என்ற விருப்பத்துடன் நடக்க வேண்டும்.
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FAQs
Education is framed as character-formation: service and humility are prerequisites for learning. Only after disciplined training does one ‘return’ to undertake household responsibilities.
Normative dharma/ācāra instruction; not a sarga/pratisarga/manvantara genealogy unit.
‘Nirabhimāna’ is inner purification: the ego’s softening is presented as the true ‘initiation’ that makes later social roles spiritually fruitful.