Shloka 136
Pūjya-namaskārya-prakaraṇa
On Those Worthy of Honor and Salutation
त्वां तु शोचामि यो लब्ध्वा ब्राह्माण्यं न बुभूषसे । मतंगने कहा--देवराज! मैं तो यों ही दुःखसे आतुर हो रहा हूँ
tvāṃ tu śocāmi yo labdhvā brāhmaṇyaṃ na bubhūṣase |
Sinabi ni Matanga: “Ako’y nagdadalamhati para sa iyo—sapagkat natamo mo na ang kalagayan at dangal ng pagiging Brahmana, ngunit ayaw mong panindigan at pangalagaan ito. Para sa iyo ako nananaghoy: taglay mo sa kapanganakan ang dapat yakapin sa pamamagitan ng asal, subalit tumatanggi kang ariin at isabuhay ito.”
मतंग उवाच
Educational Q&A
Brahminhood is not merely a birth-label but a dharmic ideal to be consciously upheld; possessing the status yet refusing its ethical discipline is a cause for lament.
Matanga addresses the other party with reproachful compassion, saying he grieves for them because they have obtained Brahminhood yet do not wish to embrace or live according to it.