Shloka 24
पात्रलक्षण-परिक्षा (Pātra-Lakṣaṇa Parīkṣā) — Criteria for a Worthy Recipient
ब्राह्मणं जातिसम्पन्नं धर्मज्ञं संशितं शुचिम् । अपरेषां परेषां च परेभ्यश्रैव येडपरे
brāhmaṇaṁ jātisampannaṁ dharmajñaṁ saṁśitaṁ śucim | apareṣāṁ pareṣāṁ ca parebhyaś caiva ye ’pare ||
ヴァーユは言った。「良き家柄に生まれ、ダルマを知り、戒律に堅く、清浄なる婆羅門の誕生（そして在世）を願うべきである。『下』と『上』の間においても、さらにその上においても、婆羅門はより高きものと見なされる。そのような婆羅門に称賛される者は栄え、婆羅門をそしる者はほどなく敗北に至る。」
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that society should value and support disciplined, pure, dharma-knowing Brahmins, and that honoring such learned and virtuous people leads to prosperity, while disparaging them leads to swift decline.
Vāyu is speaking in a didactic context, emphasizing the superior esteem accorded to Brahmins and the practical consequences—growth through their approval and defeat through their condemnation—thereby reinforcing norms of reverence toward dharma-authorities.