Shloka 98
Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method
राज्ञस्तपस्विनां चैव पंगोरंधस्य योषितः । पंथा देयो ब्राह्मणाय गोभ्यो राजभ्य एव च
rājñastapasvināṃ caiva paṃgoraṃdhasya yoṣitaḥ | paṃthā deyo brāhmaṇāya gobhyo rājabhya eva ca
พึงหลีกทางให้พระราชา แก่ผู้บำเพ็ญตบะ แก่คนง่อย คนตาบอด และสตรี ทั้งยังพึงให้สิทธิทางแก่พราหมณ์ แก่โค และแก่ผู้มีฐานะฝ่ายราชสำนักด้วย
Not explicitly identifiable from the single verse (context needed from surrounding verses of Adhyaya 49).
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Type: city
FAQs
It teaches sadācāra (proper conduct): one should respectfully yield the path to socially and spiritually protected persons—kings and royal persons, ascetics, brāhmaṇas, women, the lame, the blind—and also to cows.
In Purāṇic dharma literature, cows symbolize life-sustaining welfare (dharma and prosperity), and brāhmaṇas symbolize spiritual learning and ritual order; both are treated as especially worthy of protection and respect.
This verse is primarily a rule of daily conduct (sadācāra) rather than a tīrtha description; it lists who should be given precedence on a path as an ethical norm.