Shloka 22
Pañcahotṛ-Vidhāna and the Dispute of the Five Vāyus (पञ्चहोतृविधानम् — पञ्चवायूनां श्रेष्ठत्वविवादः)
सर्वे स्वविषये श्रेष्ठा: सर्वे चान्योन्यधर्मिण: । इति तानब्रवीत् सर्वान् समवेतान् प्रजापति:
sarve svaviṣaye śreṣṭhāḥ sarve cānyonyadharmiṇaḥ | iti tān abravīt sarvān samavetān prajāpatiḥ ||
ਪ੍ਰਜਾਪਤੀ ਨੇ ਉੱਥੇ ਇਕੱਠੇ ਹੋਏ ਸਭਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਆਖਿਆ—“ਤੁਸੀਂ ਹਰ ਇੱਕ ਆਪਣੇ-ਆਪਣੇ ਖੇਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਰਵੋਤਮ ਹੋ, ਅਤੇ ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਧਰਮ ਇਕ-ਦੂਜੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਨਿਰਭਰ ਹੈ।”
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
That excellence is contextual: each being or faculty is ‘best’ within its own rightful sphere, and dharma is sustained through mutual dependence rather than isolated supremacy.
Prajāpati addresses a gathered group and resolves their implicit comparison or rivalry by stating that all are superior in their own domains and that their functions support one another.