Shloka 29
अध्याय २९७ — श्रेयः, धृति, दान-नियमाः
Welfare, Steadfastness, and Norms of Giving
प्रबाधनार्थ श्रूतिधर्मयुक्तान् वृद्धानुपास्य प्रभवेत यस्य । प्रयत्नसाध्यो हि स राजपुत्र प्रज्ञाशरेणोन्मथित: परैति
prabādhanārthaṃ śrutidharmayuktān vṛddhān upāsya prabhavet yasya | prayatnasādhyo hi sa rājaputra prajñāśareṇonmathitaḥ paraiti ||
帕罗沙罗说道：“王子啊，唯有侍奉那些安住于吠陀学识与法（dharma）的长者，从而获得坚定智慧的人，才有能力制伏此敌。因为此敌唯凭巨大努力方可战胜；当它被辨识之慧的箭矢击中并连根拔起时，便归于灭亡。”
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
True victory over the most difficult enemy—ignorance and inner confusion—comes from disciplined effort supported by wisdom. That wisdom is cultivated by reverent service to elders who embody Vedic learning and dharma; only the ‘arrow of discernment’ can uproot and destroy such an enemy.
Parāśara instructs a prince, advising him that the capacity to overcome an adversary is not merely physical or political. It depends on acquiring steady intelligence through serving righteous, Veda-grounded elders; the enemy is portrayed as something that yields only when struck down by wisdom.