Shloka 3
द्विजाते: कस्यचित् पार्थ स्वाध्यायनिरतस्य वै । बभूव पुत्रो मेधावी मेधावी नाम नामतः
dvijāteḥ kasyacit pārtha svādhyāya-niratasya vai | babhūva putro medhāvī medhāvī nāma nāmataḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“噢，帕尔塔啊，古时有一位‘再生者’（dvija，二次生）的婆罗门，恒常精勤于自习诵读（svādhyāya），以戒律之心研习并诵持吠陀与圣教。其人得一子，聪慧绝伦——德性上亦称睿智，甚至其名亦曰‘梅达维’（Medhāvī，意为‘智者’）。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse sets up an ethical exemplar: steadfast commitment to svādhyāya (disciplined sacred study) is presented as a foundational Brahmin virtue, and ‘medhā’ (intelligence) is framed as a valued quality—both as inner merit and as an identity to be lived up to.
Bhishma begins a didactic tale by introducing a devout Brahmin absorbed in Vedic study and his son named Medhāvī, whose intelligence becomes the focal point for the subsequent instruction.