Shloka 32
यो वा कथयमानस्य हाात्मानं नानुसंज्वरेत् । ब्रह्मास्वं नोपभुज्जीत तदन्न॑ सम्मतं सताम्,जो किसीको आत्मप्रशंसा करते देख जलता नहीं तथा ब्राह्मणके स्वत्वका उपभोग नहीं करता, उसके अन्नको स्वीकार करनेमें सत्पुरुषोंकी सम्मति है
yo vā kathayamānasya hātmānaṃ nānusaṃjvaret | brahmāsvaṃ nopabhuñjīta tad annaṃ sammataṃ satām ||
He who does not burn with envy when another speaks in self-praise, and who does not appropriate what belongs to a brāhmaṇa, is a person whose food may rightly be accepted—such is the approval of the virtuous.
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Two marks of a dhārmic person are highlighted: (1) not feeling envy when others praise themselves, and (2) not taking or enjoying what belongs to a brāhmaṇa. Such integrity makes one socially and ritually trustworthy—so that even accepting his food is considered proper by the virtuous.
In the Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs Dhṛtarāṣṭra on dharma and inner discipline. Here he gives a practical criterion for judging moral character in everyday life—how one reacts to others’ self-praise and how one treats others’ rightful property—linking inner vice (envy) and outer wrongdoing (misappropriation) to social-ethical acceptability.