Shloka 5

Devanagari script

सदा द्विजातीन्‌ सम्पूज्य कि फलं तत्र मानद । एतद्‌ ब्रूहि स्फुटं सर्व सुमहान्‌ संशयोत्र मे

Transliteration

sadā dvijātīn sampūjya ki phalaṁ tatra mānada | etad brūhi sphuṭaṁ sarva sumahān saṁśayo 'tra me ||

Translation

วายูกล่าวว่า “โอ้ ผู้ประทานเกียรติ การบูชาและนอบน้อมต่อทวิชะอยู่เสมอให้ผลอันใด? จงบอกให้ชัดเจนโดยครบถ้วนเถิด เพราะความสงสัยอันใหญ่หลวงได้เกิดขึ้นในใจเราในเรื่องนี้”

Word by Word

सदाalways

द्विजातीन्twice-born (Brahmins etc.)

सम्पूज्यhaving duly honored

किम्what?

फलम्fruit, result

तत्रtherein, in that (act)

मानदO giver of honor (epithet)

एतत्this

ब्रूहिtell (me)

स्फुटम्clearly

सर्वःall (of it) / entirely

सुमहान्very great

संशयःdoubt

अत्रhere, in this matter

मेmy, of me

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वायुदेव (Vāyu)

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 frames a dharma-inquiry: it asks what spiritual/ethical merit (phala) arises from consistently honoring the dvija (twice-born), emphasizing that respect and proper reverence toward learned and ritually initiated persons is treated as a significant duty whose results should be understood clearly.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu, speaking to a respected interlocutor addressed as “mānada,” expresses a strong doubt and requests a clear, complete explanation of the benefit obtained by continually honoring the twice-born.