Shloka 27
Yajña-bhāga-vyavasthā and the Pravṛtti–Nivṛtti Framework (यज्ञभागव्यवस्था तथा प्रवृत्तिनिवृत्तिधर्मविवेचनम्)
सुमन्तुं च महाभागं वैशम्पायनमेव च । जैमिनिं च महाप्राज्ञं पैलं चापि तपस्विनम्
sumantuṁ ca mahābhāgaṁ vaiśampāyanam eva ca | jaiminiṁ ca mahāprājñaṁ pailaṁ cāpi tapasvinam ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “(Itinuro niya) ang marangal na si Sumantu, at gayundin si Vaiśampāyana; si Jaimini na dakila ang dunong; at si Paila rin, ang asceta.” Sa kabuuan ng salaysay, inaalala ng talatang ito ang pagpapamana ni Vyāsa ng banal na kaalaman sa mga alagad na karapat-dapat—na binibigyang-diin na ang pagkatuto ay napangangalagaan ng mabuting asal, disiplina, at pagiging angkop na tumanggap nito.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred knowledge is preserved and made effective through qualified transmission: disciples are described by merit—fortune, wisdom, and ascetic discipline—implying that learning is inseparable from ethical fitness and self-control.
Bhishma lists the principal disciples associated with the tradition of Vyasa’s teaching—Sumantu, Vaishampayana, Jaimini, and Paila—situating the discussion within the lineage by which the Vedas and Itihasa were handed down.