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Shloka 13

Adhyaya 28Alarka 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۔

गुरोःof the teacher
गुरोः:
Sambandha (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootguru (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन
कर्मणिin (his) work/service
कर्मणि:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन
स-उद्योगःdiligent effort
स-उद्योगः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsa (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक 'with') + udyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: 'उद्योगः सहितः' (diligent effort)
सम्यक्properly
सम्यक्:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsamyak (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (properly)
प्रीति-उपपादनम्causing (the teacher’s) satisfaction
प्रीति-उपपादनम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprīti (प्रातिपदिक) + upapādana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'प्रीतेः उपपादनम्' (bringing about satisfaction/pleasure)
तेनby him/thereby
तेन:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; 'by him/thereby'
आहूतःwhen called
आहूतः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootāhūta (आ + √hū धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; past passive participle: 'having been called'
पठेत्should recite
पठेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√paṭh (पठ् धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद: 'should recite/read'
and
:
None (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चय (and)
एवindeed/only
एव:
None (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis: only/indeed)
तत्-परःdevoted to that (duty)
तत्-परः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'तस्मिन् परः' (devoted to that)
not
:
None (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निषेध (not)
अन्य-मानसःwith mind not elsewhere (undistracted)
अन्य-मानसः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: 'अन्यं मानसं यस्य' (whose mind is elsewhere)
Not specified in the provided excerpt (instructional voice)

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FAQs

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.