Shloka 1
Śrāddha-dvija-parīkṣā: Paṅkti-dūṣa and Paṅkti-pāvana (श्राद्धे द्विजपरीक्षा—पङ्क्तिदूष-पङ्क्तिपावन)
अपन का बछ। अर: सप्ताशीतितमोब ध्याय: विविध तिथियोंमें श्राद्ध करनेका फल युधिछिर उवाच चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य धर्मात्मन् धर्मा: प्रोक्ता यथा त्वया । तथैव मे श्राद्धविर्धि कृत्स्न॑ प्रब्रूहि पार्थिव
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca—Cāturvarṇyasya dharmātman dharmāḥ proktā yathā tvayā; tathaiva me śrāddha-vidhiṁ kṛtsnaṁ prabrūhi, pārthiva.
ຢຸທິສຖິຣາ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຜູ້ມີທຳ! ໂອ ກະສັດແຫ່ງແຜ່ນດິນ! ດັ່ງທີ່ທ່ານໄດ້ອະທິບາຍໜ້າທີ່ຂອງວັນນະທັງສີ່ແລ້ວ ບັດນີ້ຂໍໃຫ້ທ່ານອະທິບາຍໃຫ້ຂ້ອຍຢ່າງຄົບຖ້ວນເຖິງວິທີປະຕິບັດພິທີ śrāddha (ສຣາດທະ)»។
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames śrāddha as a dharmic subject worthy of systematic instruction, placing ancestral rites alongside the broader duties of the four varṇas and emphasizing completeness and correctness in ritual practice.
In a teacher–disciple style exchange, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a righteous royal instructor and requests a full exposition of the rules and method of performing śrāddha, following an earlier discussion of cāturvarṇya-dharma.