Shloka 2
मृत्योर्ब्रह्मणा नियोजनम् — The Commissioning of Mṛtyu by Brahmā
सर्वान् वेदानधीयीत शुदश्रूषुर्ब्रह्मचर्यवान् । ऋचो यजूंसि सामानि न तेन न स वै द्विज:
sarvān vedān adhīyīta śuśrūṣur brahmacaryavān | ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni na tena na sa vai dvijaḥ ||
ব্যাস বললেন—কেউ যদি সমস্ত বেদ অধ্যয়ন করে, গুরুর সেবায় থাকে, ব্রহ্মচর্যব্রত পালন করে, এবং ঋক্-যজুঃ-সাম মন্ত্রে পারদর্শীও হয়—তবু কেবল এতেই সে পূর্ণার্থে ‘দ্বিজ’ হয়ে যায় না।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Textual mastery of the Vedas, service to the teacher, and strict student-discipline are valuable, but they are not sufficient by themselves to constitute true dvija-hood; the verse implies that inner virtue and lived dharma must complete learning.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Vyāsa states a criterion about what does—and does not—make someone truly ‘twice-born,’ using Vedic study and brahmacarya as examples to show the limits of mere formal qualifications.