Shloka 29
अध्याय २९७ — श्रेयः, धृति, दान-नियमाः
Welfare, Steadfastness, and Norms of Giving
प्रबाधनार्थ श्रूतिधर्मयुक्तान् वृद्धानुपास्य प्रभवेत यस्य । प्रयत्नसाध्यो हि स राजपुत्र प्रज्ञाशरेणोन्मथित: परैति
prabādhanārthaṃ śrutidharmayuktān vṛddhān upāsya prabhavet yasya | prayatnasādhyo hi sa rājaputra prajñāśareṇonmathitaḥ paraiti ||
Wika ni Parāśara: “O prinsipe, nagiging may kakayahang supilin ang kaaway lamang ang taong naglilingkod sa mga matatandang nakaugat sa pag-aaral ng Veda at sa dharma, at sa gayon ay nakakamit ang matatag na karunungan. Sapagkat ang kaaway na ito ay napagwawagi lamang sa pamamagitan ng dakilang pagsisikap; kapag tinamaan at nabunot ng palaso ng pag-unawa at paghimay, saka ito napaparam.”
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
True victory over the most difficult enemy—ignorance and inner confusion—comes from disciplined effort supported by wisdom. That wisdom is cultivated by reverent service to elders who embody Vedic learning and dharma; only the ‘arrow of discernment’ can uproot and destroy such an enemy.
Parāśara instructs a prince, advising him that the capacity to overcome an adversary is not merely physical or political. It depends on acquiring steady intelligence through serving righteous, Veda-grounded elders; the enemy is portrayed as something that yields only when struck down by wisdom.