Shloka 6

Jāpakānāṃ Gatiḥ — The Destinies of Japa-Practitioners (Śānti Parva 12.190)

Devanagari script

वणिज्या पशुरक्षा च कृष्यादानरति: शुचि: । वेदाध्ययनसम्पन्न: स वैश्य इति संज्ञित:

Transliteration

vaṇijyā paśurakṣā ca kṛṣyādānaratiḥ śuciḥ | vedādhyayanasampannaḥ sa vaiśya iti saṃjñitaḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Bharadvāja: «Quien se dedica al comercio, a la protección del ganado, a la agricultura y al dar dones; quien es puro en su conducta y está consumado en el estudio védico: ése es designado como Vaiśya.»

Word by Word

वणिज्याtrade, commerce

पशुरक्षाprotection of cattle/animals

चand

कृषिagriculture, farming

आदानरति:delight in acquisition/receiving (taking)

शुचि:pure, clean

वेदाध्ययनसम्पन्न:endowed with Vedic study (learned in the Vedas)

सhe

वैश्यa Vaiśya

इतिthus

संज्ञित:is called, is designated

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bharadvāja

Vaiśya

Veda

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse defines the ethical and occupational markers of a Vaiśya: engaging in commerce, safeguarding livestock, practicing agriculture, being inclined to charitable giving, maintaining purity of conduct, and being grounded in Vedic study.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s dharma-discourse, Bharadvāja is explaining characteristics (lakṣaṇas) by which a person is recognized as belonging to the Vaiśya varṇa, emphasizing both livelihood and moral-religious discipline.