Shloka 26

Brāhmaṇa-pūjā, Haviḥ-dāna, and the Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī Saṃvāda

Chapter 34

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ त्वमपि वार्ष्णेय द्विजान्‌ पूजय नित्यदा । पूजिता: पूजनार्हा हि सुखं दास्यन्ति तेडनघ

Transliteration

tasmāt tvam api vārṣṇeya dvijān pūjaya nityadā | pūjitāḥ pūjanārhā hi sukhaṃ dāsyanti te 'naghā ||

Translation

فلذلك، أنت أيضًا، يا وارْشْنِيَة، أَكْرِمْ ذوي الميلادين (البراهمة) على الدوام. فإن الذين هم حقًّا أهلٌ للعبادة، إذا عُبِدوا وأُجِلّوا، منحُوك السعادة ببركاتهم، يا من لا إثم عليه.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'tasmāt', 'definition': 'therefore

• for that reason'}, {'term': 'tvam api', 'definition': 'you also'}, {'term': 'vārṣṇeya', 'definition': 'O descendant of the Vṛṣṇis

• an epithet of Kṛṣṇa'}, {'term': 'dvijān', 'definition': 'the twice-born

• especially brāhmaṇas (also kṣatriyas and vaiśyas in a broader sense)'}, {'term': 'pūjaya', 'definition': 'honor, worship, show reverence to'}, {'term': 'nityadā', 'definition': 'always

• continually'}, {'term': 'pūjitāḥ', 'definition': 'when honored

• having been worshipped'}, {'term': 'pūjanārhāḥ', 'definition': 'worthy of worship/reverence'}, {'term': 'hi', 'definition': 'indeed

• for'}, {'term': 'sukham', 'definition': 'happiness

• prosperity'}, {'term': 'dāsyanti', 'definition': 'they will give/bestow'}, {'term': 'te', 'definition': 'to you

• for you'}, {'term': 'anagha', 'definition': 'O blameless one

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Vārṣṇeya (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Dvija (brāhmaṇas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Consistent reverence toward worthy brāhmaṇas is presented as a dharmic practice that yields well-being, because honoring the deserving invites their goodwill and blessings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses Kṛṣṇa (Vārṣṇeya), urging him to regularly honor the twice-born; he frames this as practical dharma, where proper respect to the worship-worthy results in happiness bestowed through their benedictions.