Shloka 31
श्रद्दधान: शुभां विद्यां हीनादपि समाप्रुयात् । सुवर्णमपि चामेध्यादाददीताविचारयन्,नीच वर्णके पुरुषके पास भी उत्तम विद्या हो तो उसे श्रद्धापूर्वक ग्रहण करनी चाहिये और सोना अपवित्र स्थानमें भी पड़ा हो तो उसे बिना हिच-किचाहटके उठा लेना चाहिये
śraddadhānaḥ śubhāṁ vidyāṁ hīnād api samāpnuyāt | suvarṇam api cāmedhyād ādadīta avicārayan |
毗湿摩说道：“心怀信敬之人，当从善而学；纵使高贵的学问出自卑微之人，也应虔诚领受并加以精通。又如黄金，即便落在不净之处，也当毫不迟疑拾起。智慧与德行的价值，在其自身的卓越，不在于来源的身份或周遭的境况。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True knowledge should be accepted wherever it is found. One should not reject good instruction because the teacher is socially ‘low’ or the context seems impure; value is determined by the quality of the teaching, just as gold remains valuable even if it lies in an unclean place.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right conduct. Here he uses two analogies—learning from a low-born person and picking up gold from an impure place—to emphasize discernment and the primacy of virtue over external status.