Shloka 7

Devanagari script

इसी प्रकार जो वेदाध्ययनसे सम्पन्न होकर व्यापार, पशुपालन और खेतीका काम करके अन्न संग्रह करनेकी रुचि रखता है और पवित्र रहता है, वह वैश्य कहलाता है ।। सर्वभक्षरतिर्नित्यं सर्वकर्मकरो5शुचि: । त्यक्तवेदस्त्वनाचार: स वै शूद्र इति स्मृत:,किंतु जो वेद और सदाचारका परित्याग करके सदा सब कुछ खानेमें अनुरक्त रहता है और सब तरहके काम करता है, साथ ही बाहर-भीतरसे अपवित्र रहता है, वह शूद्र कहा गया है

Transliteration

sarvabhakṣaratir nityaṁ sarvakarmakaro 'śuciḥ | tyaktavedas tv anācāraḥ sa vai śūdra iti smṛtaḥ ||

Translation

భరద్వాజుడు పలికెను—వేదమును సదాచారమును విడిచి, నిత్యం ఏదైనా తినుటలో ఆసక్తుడై, విచక్షణ లేక అన్ని విధాల పనులు చేయుచు, బాహ్యాంతరంగా అశుచిగా ఉండువాడు—శూద్రుడని స్మృతిలో చెప్పబడెను।

Word by Word

सर्वभक्षरति:one whose delight is in eating everything

नित्यम्always

सर्वकर्मकरःdoer of all kinds of work

अशुचिःimpure

त्यक्तवेदःhaving abandoned the Veda

तुbut/indeed

अनाचारःone of bad conduct

सःhe

वैindeed

शूद्रःa Shudra

इतिthus

स्मृतःis considered/remembered (as)

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bharadvāja

Veda

Śūdra

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 teaches that social classification is tied to dharmic behavior: abandoning Vedic discipline and good conduct, living with habitual impurity, and indulging in indiscriminate consumption are presented as defining marks of a Śūdra in this context.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Bharadvāja is explaining criteria for varṇa in terms of learning, conduct, and purity. This verse specifically describes the traits by which one is termed a Śūdra according to Smṛti-style ethical definitions.