A good student respects his / her teachers, listens attentively
and:
यः पठ त लख त प य त प रपृ ती प डतान् उपा यिप ।
त िदवाकरिकरणैः न लनी दलं इव िव ा रता बु धः ॥
A student who studies under a learned teacher -
reads, writes, observes (analyses)
and asks appropriate questions -
develops her / his intelligence like a lotus leaf
under the influence of rays of the sun.
Importance of Educating Daughters
All young girls are potential mothers and they will be the first ‘ Guru-s’ (teachers) of their sons and daughters. If they are not educated and cultured they will not be able to raise ‘Noble’
citizens. Both Roog (Rig) & Atharva Véd- s (ऋ वेद & अथव वेद) recommend that parents should gift their daughters the power of knowledge. When she leaves for her husband’s home parents should give her a dowry of ‘knowledge’.
In ancient India, giving money or gold ornaments on the occasion of a daughter’s marriage as a ‘dowry’ was not a custom. A daughter was educated in basic reading, writing, music, dancing, and the art of home-making. Some of them were very good in math and other subjects. A cultured and well educated young lady was well respected.