Shloka 1
अपन बक। है २ >> त्रिपज्चाशर्दाधिकशततमो< ध्याय: वायुद्वारा उदाहरणसहित ब्राद्म॒णोंकी महत्ताका वर्णन वायुरुवाच शृणु मूढ गुणान् कांश्रिद् बाह्मणानां महात्मनाम् | ये त्वया कीर्तिता राजंस्तेभ्यो5थ ब्राह्मणो वर:
vāyur uvāca | śṛṇu mūḍha guṇān kāṁścid brāhmaṇānāṁ mahātmanām | ye tvayā kīrtitā rājan tebhyo ’tha brāhmaṇo varaḥ ||
Vāyu dit : «Écoute, insensé, tandis que je décris quelques vertus des brāhmaṇas au grand cœur. Ô roi, ceux que tu viens de louer—comparés à eux, le brāhmaṇa est supérieur.»
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts the ethical and spiritual primacy of the ideal Brāhmaṇa—grounded in virtue and Vedic-dharmic authority—over other praised persons, framing moral excellence as superior to mere power or elemental might.
Vāyu addresses a king and begins an instructive discourse: he asks the listener to pay attention and announces that he will enumerate certain virtues of great Brāhmaṇas, stating that the Brāhmaṇa is superior to those figures the king has just lauded.