Shloka 37
नारद–असित (देवल) संवादः — भूतप्रभवाप्यय, इन्द्रिय-गुण-विवेक, क्षेत्रज्ञ-तत्त्व
ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि स्तोभाश्व विधिचोदिता: । यस्मिन्नेतानि सर्वाणि भवन्तीह स वै द्विज:
ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni stobhāś ca vidhicoditāḥ | yasminn etāni sarvāṇi bhavantīha sa vai dvijaḥ ||
Kapila dit : «Les versets du Ṛk, les formules du Yajus, les chants du Sāman, et les stobhas liturgiques prescrits par la règle — celui en qui tout cela est réellement présent ici-bas, c’est lui qui, à bon droit, mérite d’être appelé “deux-fois-né” dans ce monde.»
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse defines legitimate ‘dvija’ status not merely by birth-label but by the actual presence of Vedic competence—knowledge and proper ritual-chanting tradition (Ṛk, Yajus, Sāman, and prescribed stobhas). It emphasizes qualification through learning and disciplined practice.
In the Śānti Parva’s instructional discourse, Kapila is teaching a criterion for religious and social-spiritual authority: the person who truly embodies the Vedas and their regulated liturgical application is the one who deserves the title ‘dvija’ in the world.