Shloka 22
Pañcahotṛ-Vidhāna and the Dispute of the Five Vāyus (पञ्चहोतृविधानम् — पञ्चवायूनां श्रेष्ठत्वविवादः)
सर्वे स्वविषये श्रेष्ठा: सर्वे चान्योन्यधर्मिण: । इति तानब्रवीत् सर्वान् समवेतान् प्रजापति:
sarve svaviṣaye śreṣṭhāḥ sarve cānyonyadharmiṇaḥ | iti tān abravīt sarvān samavetān prajāpatiḥ ||
Nagsalita si Prajāpati sa lahat ng nagkatipon at nagpahayag: “Bawat isa sa inyo ay pinakamataas sa sariling nararapat na saklaw, at ang dharma/tungkulin ng bawat isa ay nakasalalay sa iba.” Sa gayon siya nagsalita, pinagtitibay na ang pag-asa sa isa’t isa ang saligan ng wastong kaayusan.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
That excellence is contextual: each being or faculty is ‘best’ within its own rightful sphere, and dharma is sustained through mutual dependence rather than isolated supremacy.
Prajāpati addresses a gathered group and resolves their implicit comparison or rivalry by stating that all are superior in their own domains and that their functions support one another.