Shloka 3
यज्ञावाप्तिब्रल्चिणस्येह नित्यं घोरे युद्धे क्षत्रियाणां यशश्न । शेषौ वर्णो काममिष्टं लभेते पुत्रान् पौत्रान् नित्यमिष्टांस्तथैव
yajñāvāptir brāhmaṇasya iha nityaṁ ghore yuddhe kṣatriyāṇāṁ yaśaḥ | śeṣau varṇau kāmam iṣṭaṁ labhete putrān pautrān nityam iṣṭāṁs tathaiva ||
サンジャヤは言った。「この世において、ブラーフマナが常に得るものは祭祀の果であり、恐るべき戦においてクシャトリヤが常に得るものは栄光である。残る二つの身分は、望むままに得るであろう—子や孫、そして同じく他の願いの成就を。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames dharma in terms of role-based aims: the Brāhmaṇa’s steady good is sacrificial merit, the Kṣatriya’s is renown earned in perilous battle, while the other varṇas pursue desired worldly goods such as family continuity. It presents a normative map of duties and their characteristic fruits.
Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, reflects on the differing ‘proper gains’ of the social orders in the context of the ongoing war, underscoring why warriors seek fame through combat while others are associated with ritual merit or household prosperity.