Shloka 14
ब्राह्मण–क्षत्रिय-श्रेष्ठता-विवादः
Arjuna–Vāyu Dialogue on Brāhmaṇa and Kṣatriya Precedence
ब्राह्मण: क्षत्रियो वैश्य: शूद्रो वा यद्युपोषित:
brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyaḥ śūdro vā yadyupoṣitaḥ
Reṇukā dit : «Qu’on soit brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya ou śūdra—si l’on a entrepris le jeûne avec la retenue requise—la règle qui suit s’applique également, sans distinction de naissance.»
रेणुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a dharma-rule as applicable across the four varṇas: ethical or ritual discipline (here, fasting) is not restricted to a single social group; the relevant obligation or result follows from the act of observance itself.
Renukā begins a statement that addresses all four social orders and sets a condition—‘if one is fasting/has fasted’—as the basis for the instruction that follows in the surrounding verses.