Adhyaya 28 — Alarka Inquires into Varna and Ashrama Dharma; Madalasa Defines the Fourfold Duties
गुरोः कर्मणि सोद्योगः सम्यक् प्रीत्युपपादनम् ।
तेनाहूतः पठेच्चैव तत्परो नान्यमानसः ॥
guroḥ karmaṇi sodyogaḥ samyak prītyupapādanam | tenāhūtaḥ paṭhec caiva tatparo nānyamānasaḥ ||
وہ گُرو کے کاموں میں چست رہے اور درست طریقے سے گُرو کی رضا حاصل کرے۔ جب گُرو بلائے تو وہ صرف اسی میں یکسو ہو کر، دوسرے خیال سے خالی ہو کر، مطالعہ/پाठ کرے۔
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Learning is safeguarded by character: service, gratitude, and attentiveness are treated as prerequisites for receiving instruction and retaining it.
Ācāra/Dharma instruction (educational ethics), ancillary to the five-lakṣaṇa topics.
Single-pointedness (ekāgratā) is implied: the ‘no other mind’ instruction is a direct yogic cue—knowledge dawns when attention is not fragmented.