Shloka 42
Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Pramāda as Mṛtyu
Chapter 42
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत सनत्युजातपर्वमें बयालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
dvividaś caika-vedāś ca hy āpannaś ca tathāpare | teṣāṁ tu kataraḥ sa syād yam ahaṁ veda vai dvijam ||
काहींना द्विवेदी, काहींना एकवेदी, तर काहींना पतित किंवा हीन असे म्हणतात. यांपैकी कोणाला मी खरोखर ‘द्विज’—खरा ब्राह्मण—म्हणून ओळखावे? हे द्विजश्रेष्ठ, तू जाणतोस त्या प्रमाणानुसार मला सांग.
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a dharmic inquiry: Brahminhood (dvija status) is not merely a label based on partial Vedic study or social naming, but requires a criterion that can distinguish true spiritual-ethical qualification from mere learning or reputation.
In the Sanatsujāta dialogue within Udyoga Parva, the speaker raises a question about classification among those called one-Veda-knowers, two-Veda-knowers, and those considered fallen—asking which of them should be recognized as a true ‘dvija’ (genuine Brahmin).