Shloka 22
देवतापितृप्रश्नः — Nārada at Badarīāśrama: the ultimate referent of daiva and pitṛ worship
सम्पतन् देहजालानि कदाचिदिह मानुषे । ब्राह्म॒ण्यं लभते जन्तुस्तत् पुत्र परिपालय
sampatan dehajālāni kadācid iha mānuṣe | brāhmaṇyaṁ labhate jantus tat putra paripālaya ||
ব্যাসে ক’লে—দেহৰূপ জালসমূহত ঘূৰি ফুৰোঁতে জীৱে এই মানৱলোকে কদাচিৎ ব্ৰাহ্মণ্য লাভ কৰে; সেয়ে, পুত্ৰ, সেই ব্ৰাহ্মণ্যক ৰক্ষা কৰি পৰিপালন কৰা।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Brāhmaṇahood—understood as a hard-won ethical and spiritual discipline—is rare to attain in human life; once obtained, it must be carefully protected through right conduct, restraint, and fidelity to dharma.
Vyāsa addresses his son, warning that beings pass through many embodied conditions and only seldom reach the state of brāhmaṇya; he urges the son to preserve that status and its duties rather than squander it.