Shloka 37

नारद–असित (देवल) संवादः — भूतप्रभवाप्यय, इन्द्रिय-गुण-विवेक, क्षेत्रज्ञ-तत्त्व

Devanagari script

ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि स्तोभाश्व विधिचोदिता: । यस्मिन्नेतानि सर्वाणि भवन्तीह स वै द्विज:,ऋग्वेद, यजुर्वेद, सामवेद और विधिविहित स्तोभः--ये सब जिसमें विद्यमान होते हैं, वही इस जगतमें द्विज कहलानेका अधिकारी है

Transliteration

ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni stobhāś ca vidhicoditāḥ | yasminn etāni sarvāṇi bhavantīha sa vai dvijaḥ ||

Translation

Kapila disse: “Os versos do Ṛk, as fórmulas do Yajus, os cânticos do Sāman e os stobhas litúrgicos prescritos pela regra — aquele em quem tudo isso está verdadeiramente presente aqui é quem, com justiça, tem o direito de ser chamado de ‘duas-vezes-nascido’ neste mundo.”

Word by Word

ऋचःṚg-vedic verses (ṛks)

यजूंषिYajur-vedic formulas

सामानिSāma-vedic chants

स्तोभाःstobhas (intercalary chant-syllables/intonations)

चand

विधि-चोदिताःenjoined/prompted by rule (prescribed)

यस्मिन्in whom/wherein

एतानिthese

सर्वाणिall

भवन्तिare / exist / become

इहhere, in this world

सःhe

वैindeed

द्विजःa twice-born (dvija)

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kapila

Ṛ

Ṛgveda

Yajurveda

Sāmaveda

stobha (Sāman liturgical element)

dvija (twice-born)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse defines legitimate ‘dvija’ status not merely by birth-label but by the actual presence of Vedic competence—knowledge and proper ritual-chanting tradition (Ṛk, Yajus, Sāman, and prescribed stobhas). It emphasizes qualification through learning and disciplined practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instructional discourse, Kapila is teaching a criterion for religious and social-spiritual authority: the person who truly embodies the Vedas and their regulated liturgical application is the one who deserves the title ‘dvija’ in the world.