Shloka 12
Brāhmaṇa-pūjā, Haviḥ-dāna, and the Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī Saṃvāda
Chapter 34
यादव! जो लोग वनमें फल-मूल खाकर तपस्यामें लगे रहते हैं, किसी प्रकारका संग्रह नहीं रखते और क्रियानिष्ठ होते हैं, उन्हींको मैं मस्तक झुकाता हूँ ।।
nārada uvāca | yādava! ye janā vane phala-mūla-bhakṣāḥ tapasyeṣu ratāḥ tiṣṭhanti, saṃgrahaṃ na kurvanti, kriyā-niṣṭhāś ca bhavanti, tān eva ahaṃ śirasā namāmi || ye bhṛtya-bharaṇe śaktāḥ satataṃ cātithi-vratāḥ | bhuñjate deva-śeṣāṇi tān namasyāmi yādava ||
Nārada dit : «Ô Yādava, je baisse la tête devant ceux qui vivent en forêt, se nourrissent de fruits et de racines, demeurent fermes dans l’austérité, n’amassent aucune réserve et se vouent aux devoirs sacrés. Et je me prosterne aussi devant ceux qui savent entretenir leurs dépendants—parents, famille et serviteurs—, qui ont sans cesse le vœu d’honorer l’hôte, et qui ne mangent que ce qui reste après les offrandes aux dieux. En eux se rejoignent la retenue disciplinée et la générosité responsable.»
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
True dharma is honored in two complementary forms: (1) ascetic restraint—living simply, practicing tapas, and avoiding hoarding; and (2) householder responsibility—supporting dependents, serving guests, and eating only after offering to the gods. Both express self-control and service.
Nārada addresses Yādava (Kṛṣṇa) and declares whom he reveres. He praises exemplary people—forest ascetics devoted to austerity and non-accumulation, and householders devoted to hospitality, sacrificial order, and the care of dependents—by bowing to them as models of righteous living.