Shloka 67
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
इदं मेध्यमिदं पुण्यमिदं स्वर्ग्यमनुत्तमम् । इदं रहस्यं वेदानामाप्लाव्यं पावनं तथा
idaṁ medhyam idaṁ puṇyam idaṁ svargyam anuttamam | idaṁ rahasyaṁ vedānām āplāvyaṁ pāvanaṁ tathā
ອະຊັດຣິຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: “ນີ້ແມ່ນສິ່ງຊຳລະໃຫ້ບໍລິສຸດ; ນີ້ແມ່ນສິ່ງໃຫ້ບຸນ; ນີ້ແມ່ນທາງໄປສະຫວັນອັນສູງສຸດທີ່ຫາສິ່ງໃດເທົ່າບໍ່ໄດ້. ນີ້ແມ່ນຄວາມລັບອັນເປັນແກ່ນຂອງເວດ—ເຫມືອນການອາບນ້ຳຊຳລະທີ່ລ້າງຜ່ານທັງຕົວ ແລະເປັນຜູ້ຊຳລະໃຫ້ບໍລິສຸດດ້ວຍ”។
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The speaker extols a particular instruction or observance as supremely purifying and merit-generating, capable of leading to heaven, and as an inner ‘secret’ aligned with the Vedas—emphasizing ethical-spiritual cleansing rather than mere external ritual.
Within Anuśāsana Parva’s didactic setting, Ajadriya is praising the value of a teaching being transmitted, presenting it as Veda-consistent, deeply purifying, and spiritually efficacious, thereby urging the listener to accept and practice it.