Shloka 32

Purohita-Niyoga and the Brahma–Kṣatra Concord

Aila–Kaśyapa Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

ब्रह्म वर्धयति क्षत्र क्षत्रतो ब्रह्म वर्धते । एवं राज्ञा विशेषण पूज्या वै ब्राह्म॒णा: सदा

Transliteration

kāśyapa uvāca | brahma vardhayati kṣatra kṣatrato brahma vardhate | evaṁ rājñā viśeṣeṇa pūjyā vai brāhmaṇāḥ sadā | (rājñaḥ sarvasya cānyasya svāmī rājapurohitaḥ |)

Translation

ကာရှျယပက ပြောသည်—ဗြာဟ္မဏ၏ ဗြဟ္မဓမ္မအာဏာသည် က္ଷတ္တရိယ၏ အင်အားကို တိုးပွားစေပြီး၊ က္ෂတ္တရိယ၏ ကာကွယ်စောင့်ရှောက်မှုနှင့် ထောက်ပံ့မှုကြောင့်လည်း ဗြာဟ္မဏအဖွဲ့အစည်းသည် ထပ်မံဖွံ့ဖြိုးတိုးတက်သည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် ဘုရင်သည် အထူးဂရုစိုက်၍ အမြဲတမ်း ဗြာဟ္မဏတို့ကို ဂုဏ်ပြုရမည်။ အကြောင်းမူကား ရာဇပုရောဟိတ်သည် ဘုရင်ကို ညွှန်ကြားသော အုပ်ထိန်းသူဖြစ်ပြီး၊ ဘုရင်မှတစ်ဆင့် လူထုအပေါင်းကိုလည်း လမ်းညွှန်သူဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• ब्रह्म: Brahman (priestly power/class)
• ब्रह्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वर्धयति: increases, promotes
• वर्धयति: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वर्ध्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्षत्रम्: kshatra (royal power/warrior class)
• क्षत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• क्षत्रतः: from/through kshatra; from the kshatriya side
• क्षत्रतः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षत्र
• Form: Ablatival adverb (-तः)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वर्धते: grows, prospers
• वर्धते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वर्ध्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• राज्ञा: by the king
• राज्ञा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• विशेषेण: especially, particularly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष
• Form: Instrumental used adverbially

• पूज्याः: to be honored, worthy of worship
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• ब्राह्मणाः: brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सर्वस्य: of all
• सर्वस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्यस्य: of others
• अन्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• स्वामी: lord, master
• स्वामी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वामिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजपुरोहितः: the king's chaplain (royal priest)
• राजपुरोहितः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजपुरोहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

कश्यप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• कश्यप (Kāśyapa)
• ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇas)
• क्षत्र/क्षत्रिय (kṣatra/kṣatriyas)
• राजा (the king)
• राजपुरोहित (royal priest)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Spiritual authority (brahma/brāhmaṇa) and royal power (kṣatra/kṣatriya) are mutually sustaining; therefore a king must consistently honor brāhmaṇas, recognizing the purohita’s guiding authority in maintaining righteous governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma, Kāśyapa states a principle of statecraft: the king’s strength depends on brahminical counsel and legitimacy, while brāhmaṇas flourish under kṣatriya protection; hence the king should especially revere brāhmaṇas and the royal priest.