Shloka 11
Chapter 78: Royal Responsibility for Wealth, Social Order, and the Protection of Dvijas
Kekaya Exemplum
अधीयते>थध्यापयन्ति यजन्ते याजयन्ति च । ददति प्रतिगृह्नन्ति षट्सु कर्मस्ववस्थिता:
adhīyate ’thādhyāpayanti yajante yājayanti ca | dadati pratigṛhṇanti ṣaṭsu karmasv avasthitāḥ ||
Sa aking kaharian, ang mga Brahmana ay nag-aaral at nagtuturo; nagsasagawa ng yajna at namumuno sa yajna para sa iba; nagbibigay ng handog at tumatanggap ng handog. Sa gayon, nananatili sila sa anim na tungkuling nararapat sa kanilang uri.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse defines the classical sixfold Brahminical duties (ṣaṭkarma): study, teaching, performing sacrifice, officiating sacrifice, giving, and accepting gifts—presented as a model of varṇa-based dharma upheld within a well-ordered kingdom.
Bhishma, instructing on dharma and governance in the Śānti Parva, describes the proper conduct of Brahmins in his kingdom, emphasizing that they remain devoted to their prescribed religious and ethical occupations.