Shloka 15
Adhyāya 39 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry on attachment (saṅga) and relational restraint
अपि च ज्ञानसम्पन्न: सर्वान् वेदान् पितुर्गृहि । श्लाघमान इवाधीयादू ग्राम्य इत्येव त॑ विदु:
api ca jñāna-sampannaḥ sarvān vedān pitur gṛhe | ślāghamāna ivādhīyād grāmya ity eva taṃ viduḥ ||
此外，即便一人具足学识，仍住在父家而诵习一切《吠陀》，看似可称可赞，博学之士也仍只把他视作“乡野之人”。此中所寓之义在于：吠陀学业的真正卓越，系于在师长（古鲁）门下守戒受教、于师家忍受艰苦的严谨学徒之道，而非安逸居家之学。
सोम उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vedic learning is not measured only by the amount studied, but by the disciplined mode of study: true refinement comes from brahmacarya under a guru, with humility and hardship, not from comfortable study at one’s parental home.
Soma states a social-ethical judgment about education: even a knowledgeable person who studies the Vedas at his father’s house is still labeled ‘grāmya’ by the learned, implying that proper training requires residence and service in the teacher’s household.