Shloka 55
माहात्म्यं द्विजमुख्यस्य सर्वमाख्यातवांस्तदा । भरतभूषण! रुक्मिणीकुमार प्रद्युम्नके पूछनेपर इस तरह मैंने उनसे विप्रवर दुर्वासाका सारा माहात्म्य कहा था ।।
māhātmyaṁ dvijamukhyasya sarvam ākhyātavāṁs tadā | bharatabhūṣaṇa! rukmiṇīkumāra pradyumnake pṛcchanepara isa taraha maiṁne unase vipravara durvāsākā sārā māhātmya kahā thā || tathā tvam api kaunteya brāhmaṇān satataṁ prabho
Vāyu said: “At that time I related in full the greatness of that foremost of Brahmins. O ornament of the Bharata race! When Rukmiṇī’s son Pradyumna asked, I thus recounted to him the entire glory of the excellent sage Durvāsā. In the same way, O son of Kuntī, O lord, you too should always honor and attend upon the Brahmins.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse reinforces a dharmic ethic: one should consistently honor and serve Brahmins (as custodians of Vedic learning and ascetic discipline). The narrative authority of Durvāsā’s ‘māhātmya’ is used to ground this instruction in exemplary tradition.
Vāyu recalls that, when Pradyumna (son of Rukmiṇī) inquired, he narrated the full greatness of the sage Durvāsā. He then turns the recollection into direct counsel addressed to ‘Kaunteya’, urging continual respect toward Brahmins.