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Shloka 28

स्कन्दोपाख्यानम् — उत्पातशान्तिः, स्वाहारूपविचारः, कौमारमङ्गलक्रियाः

एतेषु यस्तु वर्तेत सम्यगेव द्विजोत्तम । भवेयुरग्नयस्तस्य परिचीणर्णास्तु नित्यश: । गार्हस्थ्ये वर्तमानस्य एव धर्म: सनातन:,द्विजश्रेष्ठस जो इन सबके प्रति उत्तम बर्ताव करेगा, उस गृहस्थ-धर्मका पालन करनेवालेके द्वारा सदा सब अग्नियोंकी सेवा सम्पन्न होती रहेगी। यही सनातन धर्म है

eteṣu yastu varteta samyageva dvijottama | bhaveyur agnayastasya paricīrṇāstu nityaśaḥ | gārhasthye vartamānasya eva dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ ||

โอ ผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่ทวิชะ! ผู้ใดดำรงอยู่ในเพศคฤหัสถ์แล้วประพฤติชอบต่อหน้าที่และความสัมพันธ์เหล่านี้ ย่อมประหนึ่งได้บำรุงรักษาและปรนนิบัติไฟศักดิ์สิทธิ์ทั้งปวงอยู่เนืองนิตย์โดยถูกต้องตามพิธี นี่แลคือธรรมะนิรันดร์ของคฤหัสถ์

एतेषुamong/in these (matters)
एतेषु:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
वर्तेतshould conduct himself / behave
वर्तेत:
TypeVerb
Rootवृत्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada
सम्यक्properly, rightly
सम्यक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक्
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
द्विजोत्तमO best of the twice-born
द्विजोत्तम:
TypeNoun (vocative address)
Rootद्विज-उत्तम
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भवेयुःwould be / would become
भवेयुः:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
अग्नयःfires (sacred fires)
अग्नयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तस्यof him
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
परिचीर्णाःserved, attended to
परिचीर्णाः:
TypeParticiple
Rootपरि-चर्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle), Passive sense
तुindeed/and
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
नित्यशःalways, continually
नित्यशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्यशस्

व्याध उवाच

व्याध (the hunter, speaker)
द्विजोत्तम (addressed Brahmin)
अग्नयः (sacred fires)

Educational Q&A

Right conduct in one’s lived responsibilities—especially as a householder—counts as true fulfillment of sacred obligations; ethical behavior is presented as equivalent to continually tending the ritual fires.

The hunter (Vyādha) instructs a Brahmin, emphasizing that the essence of dharma is not mere external ritual but proper, consistent conduct within the householder’s duties, which is said to accomplish the merit of serving the sacred fires.