Shloka 31

Purohita-Niyoga and the Brahma–Kṣatra Concord

Aila–Kaśyapa Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

तस्मान्मान्यश्व पूज्यश्न ब्राह्मण: प्रसृताग्रभुक्‌ । सर्व श्रेष्ठ विशिष्ट च निवेद्यं तस्य धर्मत:

Transliteration

tasmān mānyaśva pūjyaś ca brāhmaṇaḥ prasṛtāgrabhuk | sarvaśreṣṭha-viśiṣṭaṃ ca nivedyaṃ tasya dharmataḥ ||

Translation

ଏହେତୁ, ହେ ମାନ୍ୟଶ୍ୱ, ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ ପୂଜ୍ୟ ଓ ମାନ୍ୟ। ଧର୍ମାନୁସାରେ ତାଙ୍କ ପ୍ରସାରିତ ହସ୍ତରେ ରଖାଯାଇଥିବା ଭୋଜନ ସହ ସର୍ବଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ଓ ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ବସ୍ତୁ ତାଙ୍କୁ ନିବେଦନ କରିବା ଉଚିତ।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Ablative (pañcamī), singular (used adverbially: 'therefore/from that')

• मान्यः: worthy of honor
• मान्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मान्य
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Conjunction

• पूज्यः: to be worshipped; venerable
• पूज्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular (gerundive: 'to be worshipped')

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Conjunction

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रसृताग्रभुक्: one who eats with outstretched hand / who takes food with extended hand
• प्रसृताग्रभुक्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसृत-अग्र-भुज्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular (ending -भुक् from √भुज् 'to eat')

• सर्व: all; every
• सर्व: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter (used adjectivally), accusative, singular (agreeing with निवेद्यम्)

• श्रेष्ठ: best
• श्रेष्ठ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Neuter (used adjectivally), accusative, singular (agreeing with निवेद्यम्)

• विशिष्ट: excellent; distinguished
• विशिष्ट: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशिष्ट
• Form: Neuter (used adjectivally), accusative, singular (agreeing with निवेद्यम्)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Conjunction

• निवेद्यम्: to be offered (as an offering)
• निवेद्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निवेद्य
• Form: Neuter, nominative/accusative, singular (gerundive: 'to be offered')

• तस्य: to him; of him
• तस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• धर्मतः: according to dharma; rightly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Ablative-form adverb (tasil): 'according to dharma/for righteousness'

Speaker

कश्यप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• कश्यप (Kaśyapa)
• माण्यश्व (Mānyaśva)
• ब्राह्मण (Brāhmaṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that honoring the Brāhmaṇa and offering him the best available sustenance is a dharmic duty. Ethical life is shown through reverence, generosity, and proper hospitality toward those associated with learning and sacred responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kaśyapa addresses Mānyaśva and instructs him on correct conduct: the Brāhmaṇa should be treated as worthy of worship, and one should present superior offerings—especially food given directly into the recipient’s outstretched hands—because such giving aligns with dharma.