Shloka 28

Devanagari script

एतेषु यस्तु वर्तेत सम्यगेव द्विजोत्तम । भवेयुरग्नयस्तस्य परिचीणर्णास्तु नित्यश: । गार्हस्थ्ये वर्तमानस्य एव धर्म: सनातन:,द्विजश्रेष्ठस जो इन सबके प्रति उत्तम बर्ताव करेगा, उस गृहस्थ-धर्मका पालन करनेवालेके द्वारा सदा सब अग्नियोंकी सेवा सम्पन्न होती रहेगी। यही सनातन धर्म है

Transliteration

eteṣu yastu varteta samyageva dvijottama | bhaveyur agnayastasya paricīrṇāstu nityaśaḥ | gārhasthye vartamānasya eva dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ ||

Translation

Wahai yang terbaik di antara kaum dwija! Siapa pun yang, sambil menjalani hidup berumah tangga, berperilaku benar terhadap semuanya ini, maka seakan-akan semua api suci telah senantiasa dipelihara dan dilayani olehnya menurut tata cara. Inilah dharma abadi bagi seorang grihastha.

Word by Word

एतेषुamong/in these (matters)

यःwho

तुbut/indeed

वर्तेतshould conduct himself / behave

सम्यक्properly, rightly

एवindeed/only

द्विजोत्तमO best of the twice-born

भवेयुःwould be / would become

अग्नयःfires (sacred fires)

तस्यof him

परिचीर्णाःserved, attended to

तुindeed/and

नित्यशःalways, continually

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

व्याध (the hunter, speaker)

द

द्विजोत्तम (addressed Brahmin)

अ

अग्नयः (sacred fires)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Right conduct in one’s lived responsibilities—especially as a householder—counts as true fulfillment of sacred obligations; ethical behavior is presented as equivalent to continually tending the ritual fires.

What is happening in the narrative?

The hunter (Vyādha) instructs a Brahmin, emphasizing that the essence of dharma is not mere external ritual but proper, consistent conduct within the householder’s duties, which is said to accomplish the merit of serving the sacred fires.