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

অতএব হে বার্ষ্ণেয়! তুমিও সর্বদা দ্বিজদের (ব্রাহ্মণদের) পূজা করো। হে নিষ্পাপ! পূজনীয়রা পূজিত হলে তাঁদের আশীর্বাদে তোমাকে সুখ দান করবেন।

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.