Shloka 11
Purohita-Niyoga and the Brahma–Kṣatra Concord
Aila–Kaśyapa Saṃvāda
वे दोनों ब्राह्मण और क्षत्रिय सदा एक-दूसरेसे मिलकर रहें, तभी वे एक-दूसरेकी रक्षा करनेमें समर्थ होते हैं। ब्राह्मणकी उन्नतिका आधार क्षत्रिय होता है और क्षत्रियकी उन्नतिका आधार ब्राह्मण
tau dvau brāhmaṇa-kṣatriyau sadā parasparaṃ saṃmilitau tiṣṭhetām; tata eva tau paraspara-rakṣaṇe samarthau bhavataḥ. brāhmaṇasya unnateḥ ādhāraḥ kṣatriyaḥ, kṣatriyasya ca unnateḥ ādhāro brāhmaṇaḥ.
Kāśyapa berkata: “Biarlah dua golongan—Brahmana dan Ksatria—senantiasa hidup dalam pergaulan dan kebersamaan; hanya dengan demikian mereka mampu saling melindungi. Ksatria adalah penopang kemajuan Brahmana, dan Brahmana adalah penopang kemajuan Ksatria.”
कश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
Society’s stability depends on reciprocal support: the Kshatriya provides protection and material order, while the Brahmin provides guidance, learning, and moral-spiritual authority; each prospers only when aligned with the other in dharma.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and governance, Kashyapa articulates a principle of cooperative interdependence between the priestly and ruling functions, emphasizing that neither can effectively safeguard the world—or even itself—without the other.