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Shloka 6

इत्युक्ते वचने तस्मिन्‌ प्रद्युम्नेन तथा त्वहम्‌ । प्रत्यत्रुवं महाराज यत्‌ तच्छुणु समाहित:,अस्मिल्लोके रौक्मिणेय तथामुष्षिंश्व पुत्रक महाराज! प्रद्युम्नके ऐसा कहनेपर मैंने उसको उत्तर दिया। रुक्मिणीनन्दन! ब्राह्मणोंकी पूजा करनेसे क्या फल मिलता है, यह मैं बता रहा हूँ, तुम एकाग्रचित्त होकर सुनो। बेटा! ब्राह्मणोंके राजा सोम (चन्द्रमा) हैं। अत: ये इस लोक और परलोकमें भी सुख-दुःख देनेमें समर्थ होते हैं

ity ukte vacane tasmin pradyumnena tathā tv aham | pratyabravaṁ mahārāja yat tac chṛṇu samāhitaḥ | asmin loke raukmiṇeya tathāmuṣmin śṛṇu putraka mahārāja | brāhmaṇānāṁ pūjanena kiṁ phalaṁ labhyate tad ahaṁ vakṣyāmi | brāhmaṇānāṁ rājā somaś candramāḥ | ata ete ’smin loke tathāmuṣmin sukha-duḥkha-pradāne samarthāḥ ||

เมื่อประทยุมน์กล่าวถ้อยคำนั้นแล้ว ข้าได้ตอบเขา โอ้มหาราชว่า “จงฟังด้วยจิตตั้งมั่นในสิ่งที่เรากล่าว โอ้โอรสแห่งรุกมณี ลูกเอ๋ย เราจักอธิบายผลแห่งการนอบน้อมบูชาพราหมณ์ ราชาในหมู่พราหมณ์คือโสมะ—พระจันทร์; เพราะเหตุนั้น พวกเขาจึงมีอำนาจให้สุขและทุกข์ได้ ทั้งในโลกนี้และโลกหน้า”

इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
उक्तेwhen (it was) said
उक्ते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootउक्त
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
वचनेin the statement/words
वचने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवचन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
तस्मिन्in that
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
प्रद्युम्नेनby Pradyumna
प्रद्युम्नेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रद्युम्न
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
तथाso/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormNominative, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormNominative, Singular
प्रत्यब्रुवम्I replied
प्रत्यब्रुवम्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति+ब्रू
FormImperfect, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
यत्what/that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
शृणुhear/listen
शृणु:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormImperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada
समाहितःcollected/attentive
समाहितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसमाहित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyudeva
P
Pradyumna
R
Raukmiṇeya (Pradyumna as son of Rukmiṇī)
B
Brahmins (Brāhmaṇāḥ)
S
Soma
C
Candramā (the Moon)
M
Mahārāja (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

Honoring Brahmins is presented as a powerful ethical act with consequences in both this world and the next; Brahmins are portrayed as capable of influencing one’s experience of happiness and suffering, underscoring the dharmic importance of reverence and proper conduct toward them.

After Pradyumna speaks, Vāyudeva responds and begins an instruction: he asks Pradyumna to listen attentively and announces that he will explain the results of worshiping/honoring Brahmins, linking their status to Soma (the Moon) as their ‘king’ and emphasizing their potency across worlds.