यत्तत्र गुरुणा प्रोक्तं शुश्रुवेऽनुपपाठ च । न साधु मनसा मेने स्वपरासद्ग्रहाश्रयम् ॥ ३ ॥
yat tatra guruna proktam susruve ’nupapatha ca na sadhu manasa mene sva-parasad-grahasrayam
- yat
- which
- tatra
- there (in the school)
- guruna
- by the teachers
- proktam
- instructed
- susruve
- heard
- anupapatha
- recited
- ca
- and
- na
- not
- sadhu
- good
- manasa
- by the mind
- mene
- considered
- sva
- of one’s own
- para
- and of others
- asat-graha
- by the bad philosophy
- asrayam
- which was supported.
Prahlada certainly heard and recited the topics of politics and economics taught by the teachers, but he understood that political philosophy involves considering someone a friend and someone else an enemy, and thus he did not like it.