Shloka 34
नारद–असित (देवल) संवादः — भूतप्रभवाप्यय, इन्द्रिय-गुण-विवेक, क्षेत्रज्ञ-तत्त्व
ब्राह्मणप्रभवो यज्ञो ब्राह्म॒णार्पण एव च । अनुयज्ञं जगत् सर्व यज्ञश्चानुजगत् सदा
brāhmaṇaprabhavo yajño brāhmaṇārpaṇa eva ca | anuyajñaṃ jagat sarvaṃ yajñaścānujagat sadā ||
Kapila teaches that sacrifice (yajña) arises from the Brahminical/Vedic source and is, in its proper course, offered back to the Brahmins as its rightful recipients. He further states a reciprocal dependence: the whole world follows in the wake of sacrifice, and sacrifice in turn continually follows and sustains the world—each standing behind the other as an enduring order.
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Yajña is presented as a foundational Vedic institution arising from the Brahminical source and properly directed toward Brahmins; moreover, yajña and the world are mutually sustaining—society and cosmos depend on sacrificial order, and sacrificial order persists in relation to the world.
In Kapila’s discourse in the Śānti Parva, he is explaining the place of yajña within dharma: its origin, its rightful recipients, and its ongoing role as a sustaining principle that stands in reciprocal relation with the world.