Shloka 10
Brāhmaṇa-pūjā, Haviḥ-dāna, and the Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī Saṃvāda
Chapter 34
सम्यग् यजन्ति ये चेष्टी: क्षान्ता दान्ता जितेन्द्रिया: । सत्यं धर्म क्षितिं गाश्न॒ तान् नमस्यामि यादव
nārada uvāca | samyag yajanti ye ceṣṭīḥ kṣāntā dāntā jitendriyāḥ | satyaṃ dharmaṃ kṣitiṃ gāś ca tān namasyāmi yādava yadunandana ||
ನಾರದನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಓ ಯಾದವ! ಯಾರು ವಿಧಿಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ಯಜ್ಞಗಳನ್ನೂ ಇಷ್ಟಿಗಳನ್ನೂ ನೆರವೇರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೋ, ಯಾರು ಕ್ಷಮಾಶೀಲರು, ದಾಂತರು, ಜಿತೇಂದ್ರಿಯರು; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಸತ್ಯ, ಧರ್ಮ, ಭೂಮಿ ಮತ್ತು ಗೋವುಗಳನ್ನು ಪೂಜಿಸುತ್ತಾರೋ—ಅವರಿಗೆ ನಾನು ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
True worthiness is defined by disciplined conduct: performing sacred duties correctly, practicing patience and restraint, mastering the senses, and honoring foundational supports of dharma—truth, righteousness, the earth that sustains life, and the cow as a symbol of nourishment and non-violence.
Nārada addresses Kṛṣṇa (as Yādava, Yadunandana) and declares whom he considers worthy of reverence: those who properly perform yajña and observances and who embody ethical virtues and reverence for key dharmic principles.