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 ||
அங்கு கூடியிருந்த அனைவரையும் நோக்கி பிரஜாபதி கூறினார்—“நீங்கள் ஒவ்வொருவரும் உங்கள் உங்கள் துறையில் முதன்மை உடையவர்கள்; உங்கள் தர்மம் ஒன்றொன்று மீது சார்ந்துள்ளது.”
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.