Shloka 26
Mahāvasu’s Fall by Speech-Error and Release through Devotion (अज-विवादः वसोः शापः विमोचनं च)
प्रभो! महामुनि शुकदेवने उनसे रहस्य और संग्रहसहित सम्पूर्ण वेदोंका, समूचे इतिहासका तथा राजशास्त्रका भी अध्ययन करके गुरुको दक्षिणा दे समावर्तन-संस्कारके पश्चात् घरको प्रस्थान किया ।।
bhīṣma uvāca | prabho! mahāmuniḥ śukadevaḥ tebhyaḥ rahasya-saha saṅgraha-sahitaṃ sampūrṇa-vedān, samūcam itihāsaṃ ca rājaśāstraṃ ca adhītya gurave dakṣiṇāṃ dattvā samāvartana-saṃskārānantarā gṛhaṃ prati prasthitaḥ || ugraṃ tapaḥ samārebhe brahmacārī samāhitaḥ | devatānām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca bālye 'pi sa mahātapāḥ | sammantraṇīyo mānyaś ca jñānena tapasā tathā ||
毗湿摩说道：“大王啊！大圣者舒迦提婆（Śukadeva）从师长处研习了全部《吠陀》——连同其奥秘旨趣与系统纲要——又通达全部《伊提哈萨》（Itihāsa）以及王道治国之学（rājaśāstra）。他奉上师资之礼（dakṣiṇā），并在完成毕业仪式（samāvartana）之后，启程归家。其后，他以梵行者（brahmacārin）之严持戒律、摄心专一，开始修行极其严峻的苦行（tapas）。虽仍在童年，那位大苦行者凭借智慧与苦行之力，竟为诸天与诸仙（ṛṣi）所敬仰——堪受咨询，亦能施以箴言。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True authority arises from disciplined learning and lived austerity: completing study with humility (honoring the guru and the graduation rite) and then practicing concentrated tapas makes one worthy of respect and capable of guiding others—even beyond one’s age.
Bhīṣma recounts Śukadeva’s formation: he finishes comprehensive scriptural and practical studies (Veda, Itihāsa, and rājaśāstra), pays the teacher’s fee, completes samāvartana, and then begins intense ascetic practice as a focused brahmacārin, becoming revered and consultable by gods and sages even in childhood.