पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम्। सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः सरसामस्मि सागरः।।10.24।।
purodhasāṁ cha mukhyaṁ māṁ viddhi pārtha bṛihaspatim senānīnām ahaṁ skandaḥ sarasām asmi sāgaraḥ
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A Reading - Rantideb
Why: among priests, know him as the chief priest Brihaspati, among generals, Skanda, among bodies of water, the ocean, continuing the list into professional and natural categories.
In life: even within professions and natural categories you interact with regularly, there's usually a standout example worth specifically noticing rather than treating the whole category as uniform.
Teaching: within your own profession or field, identify who or what represents the standout example, studying that standout directly often teaches you more than studying the average case.