Shloka 26

Brāhmaṇa-pūjā, Haviḥ-dāna, and the Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī Saṃvāda

Chapter 34

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ त्वमपि वार्ष्णेय द्विजान्‌ पूजय नित्यदा । पूजिता: पूजनार्हा हि सुखं दास्यन्ति तेडनघ,वार्ष्णय! अतः आप भी सदा ब्राह्मणोंका पूजन करें। निष्पाप श्रीकृष्ण! वे पूजनीय ब्राह्मण पूजित होनेपर आपको अपने आशीर्वादसे सुख प्रदान करेंगे

Transliteration

tasmāt tvam api vārṣṇeya dvijān pūjaya nityadā | pūjitāḥ pūjanārhā hi sukhaṃ dāsyanti te 'naghā ||

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น โอ วารฺษฺเณยะ ท่านจงบูชาและให้เกียรติแก่ทวิชะ (พราหมณ์) อยู่เสมอเถิด โอผู้ปราศจากมลทิน ผู้ควรแก่การบูชาย่อมเมื่อได้รับการบูชาแล้ว จะประทานความสุขแก่ท่านด้วยพรอันเป็นสิริมงคลของตน

Word by Word

[{'term''tasmāt', 'definition': 'therefore

for that reason'}, {'term''tvam api', 'definition': 'you also'}, {'term': 'vārṣṇeya', 'definition': 'O descendant of the Vṛṣṇis

an epithet of Kṛṣṇa'}, {'term''dvijān', 'definition': 'the twice-born

especially brāhmaṇas (also kṣatriyas and vaiśyas in a broader sense)'}, {'term''pūjaya', 'definition': 'honor, worship, show reverence to'}, {'term': 'nityadā', 'definition': 'always

continually'}, {'term''pūjitāḥ', 'definition': 'when honored

having been worshipped'}, {'term''pūjanārhāḥ', 'definition': 'worthy of worship/reverence'}, {'term': 'hi', 'definition': 'indeed

for'}, {'term''sukham', 'definition': 'happiness

prosperity'}, {'term''dāsyanti', 'definition': 'they will give/bestow'}, {'term': 'te', 'definition': 'to you

for you'}, {'term''anagha', 'definition': 'O blameless one

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Vārṣṇeya (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Dvija (brāhmaṇas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Consistent reverence toward worthy brāhmaṇas is presented as a dharmic practice that yields well-being, because honoring the deserving invites their goodwill and blessings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses Kṛṣṇa (Vārṣṇeya), urging him to regularly honor the twice-born; he frames this as practical dharma, where proper respect to the worship-worthy results in happiness bestowed through their benedictions.