Shloka 86

Devanagari script

ततो हि वरणं कार्य द्विजानां भरतर्षभ | सर्वकामैर्यथान्यायं साधुभिश् पृथग्विधै:

Transliteration

tato hi varaṇaṁ kārya dvijānāṁ bharatarṣabha | sarvakāmair yathānyāyaṁ sādhubhiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ ||

Translation

Darum, o Stier unter den Bhāratas, ist es wahrlich recht, die Zweimalgeborenen (die Brāhmaṇas) auszuwählen und zu ehren. Menschen von tugendhafter Gesinnung sollen, gemäß Gerechtigkeit und überlieferter Ordnung, ihnen gebührend Verehrung erweisen und ihre vielfältigen Wünsche und Bedürfnisse auf jede angemessene Weise erfüllen.“

Word by Word

• ततः: therefore/then
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• वरणम्: choosing/selection (honouring by choosing)
• वरणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कार्यम्: to be done/should be done
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कार्य (कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्विजानाम्: of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत + ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वकामैः: with all desired things
• सर्वकामैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + काम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• यथा: as/according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• न्यायम्: rule/propriety/justice
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• साधुभिः: by the good/virtuous people
• साधुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पृथक्: separately/variously
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक्

• विधैः: by methods/ways
• विधैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bharatarṣabha (addressed person)
• Dvija (brāhmaṇas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That righteous people should act with yathānyāya—fairness and propriety—by honoring brāhmaṇas and meeting their legitimate needs, treating such support as a dharmic obligation rather than mere generosity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues his instruction by stating a normative rule of conduct: the virtuous should select and honor the dvijas, offering appropriate worship and gifts in diverse forms, aligning social-religious practice with dharma.