Shloka 34
Araṇi Lost to the Deer: Pāṇḍavas Pursue to Preserve Agnihotra (अरणी-हरण प्रसङ्गः)
श्रुतं हि धर्मशास्त्रेषु पठ्यमानं द्विजातिभि: । तथा त्वमपि कल्याणि गदतो मे वच: शृणु,कल्याणि! मैंने ब्राह्मणोंके मुखसे धर्मशास्त्रोंकी जो बात सुनी है, उसे बता रहा हूँ, तू भी सुन ले--
śrutaṃ hi dharmaśāstreṣu paṭhyamānaṃ dvijātibhiḥ | tathā tvam api kalyāṇi gadato me vacaḥ śṛṇu ||
“Wahai yang berbudi, aku telah mendengar ajaran ini dalam Dharmaśāstra yang dibacakan oleh kaum dwija. Maka engkau pun dengarkanlah kata-kataku ketika kuucapkan.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse establishes the authority of dharma as preserved and transmitted through Dharmaśāstric tradition, and frames the speaker’s counsel as grounded in learned recitation and ethical law.
Mārkaṇḍeya begins an instructive passage, addressing a woman respectfully as “kalyāṇi,” and asks her to listen while he conveys what he has learned from Dharmaśāstras recited by the twice-born.