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Shloka 43

Chapter 84: Brahmā’s Counsel on Tāraka, the Search for Agni, and the Genesis of Skanda

Kārttikeya

अग्निमध्ये गवां मध्ये ब्राह्मणानां च संसदि | विद्यावेदव्रतस्नाता ब्राह्मुणा: पुण्यकर्मिण:,विद्या और वेददव्रतमें निष्णात पुण्यात्मा ब्राह्मणोंको चाहिये कि वे अग्नियों और गौओंके बीचमें तथा ब्राह्मणोंकी सभामें शिष्योंको यज्ञतुल्य गोमतीविद्याकी शिक्षा दें। जो तीन राततक उपवास करके गोमती-मन्त्रका जप करता है, उसे गौओंका वरदान प्राप्त होता है

vyāsa uvāca | agnimadhye gavāṁ madhye brāhmaṇānāṁ ca saṁsadi | vidyāvedavratasnātā brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyakarmiṇaḥ |

അഗ്നികളുടെ മദ്ധ്യേയും ഗാവുകളുടെ മദ്ധ്യേയും ബ്രാഹ്മണസഭയിലും—വിദ്യ, വേദം, വ്രതം എന്നിവയിൽ സ്നാതരായ പുണ്യകർമ്മികളായ ബ്രാഹ്മണർ (ഉപദേശത്തിൽ ഏർപ്പെടണം).

अग्निin/among the fire
अग्नि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
मध्येin the midst of
मध्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमध्य
गवाम्of cows
गवाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगो
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
मध्येin the midst of
मध्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमध्य
ब्राह्मणानाम्of Brahmins
ब्राह्मणानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
संसदिin the assembly
संसदि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसंसद्
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
विद्याknowledge/learning
विद्या:
TypeNoun
Rootविद्या
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
वेदVeda
वेद:
TypeNoun
Rootवेद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
व्रतvow/observance
व्रत:
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
स्नाताःbathed; having completed the bath (i.e., duly purified/initiated)
स्नाताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्नात
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins
ब्राह्मणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पुण्यकर्मिणःof meritorious deeds
पुण्यकर्मिणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्यकर्मिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
A
Agni (sacred fire)
G
Gāvaḥ (cows/cattle)
B
Brāhmaṇas
S
Saṁsad (assembly)

Educational Q&A

That sacred knowledge should be transmitted by disciplined, meritorious Brāhmaṇas in sanctified contexts—near the sacred fire, among cows, and within the learned assembly—so that teaching remains aligned with dharma, purity, and communal accountability.

Vyāsa lays down a normative instruction about where and by whom teaching should be conducted: qualified Brāhmaṇas, trained through learning, Vedic study, and vows, are to teach in ritually and ethically charged settings that reinforce the sanctity of the act.