Shloka 9
Arjuna Honored in Indra’s Court; Lomāśa’s Audience; Indra’s Disclosure of Lineage and Mission
Book 3, Chapter 45
यो<थीते गुरुशुश्रूषां मेधां चाष्टगुणा श्रयाम् । ब्रह्मचर्येण दाक्ष्येण प्रसवैर्वयसापि च
yo ’thīte guruśuśrūṣāṁ medhāṁ cāṣṭaguṇāṁ śrayām | brahmacaryeṇa dākṣyeṇa prasavair vayasāpi ca
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Yaong nagtaguyod ng tapat na paglilingkod sa mga guro, at kumupkop sa matalas na talinong may walong ulirang kagalingan—na sinusuportahan pa ng disiplina ng brahmacarya, ng husay sa gawa, ng paghinog na dulot ng mga yugto ng buhay, at maging ng edad—(ay karapat-dapat sa tungkuling itinakda).”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the qualifications that make a person worthy: devoted service to teachers, refined intelligence with multiple virtues, and the stabilizing supports of disciplined conduct (brahmacarya), competence (dākṣya), and mature life-experience (including age).
Vaiśampāyana is describing the traits of an ideal, qualified individual—someone shaped by the guru–śiṣya discipline and personal virtues—within the ongoing Vana Parva discourse.