Shloka 16
Brāhmaṇa-pūjā, Haviḥ-dāna, and the Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī Saṃvāda
Chapter 34
सुव्रता मुनयो ये च ब्राह्मणा: सत्यसंगरा: । वोढारो हव्यकव्यानां तान् नमस्यामि यादव
su-vratā munayo ye ca brāhmaṇāḥ satya-saṅgarāḥ | voḍhāro havya-kavyānāṃ tān namasyāmi yādava yadu-nandana ||
Nārada berkata: “Wahai Yādava, wahai kebanggaan wangsa Yadu! Aku menundukkan kepala kepada para brāhmaṇa yang teguh dalam laku tapa dan brata yang luhur, para resi yang senantiasa merenung, kukuh dalam satya serta ikrar-janji, dan yang menegakkan persembahan havya dan kavya—upacara bagi para dewa dan bagi para leluhur—dengan semestinya.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Reverence is due to those who uphold dharma through disciplined vows, truthfulness, and faithful maintenance of sacred obligations—especially the rites that sustain the divine and ancestral order (havya and kavya).
Nārada addresses Kṛṣṇa (as Yādava, Yadu-nandana) and offers praise and salutations to exemplary brāhmaṇas and sages, highlighting their ethical firmness and their role in sustaining ritual duties toward gods and ancestors.