Shloka 4

कि फल ब्राह्मुणेष्वस्ति पूजायां मधुसूदन । ईश्वरत्वं कुतस्तेषामिहैव च परत्र च,“मधुसूदन! ब्राह्मणोंकी पूजा करनेसे क्या फल होता है? इहलोक और परलोकमें वे क्यों ईश्वरतुल्य माने जाते हैं? “मानद! सदा ब्राह्मणोंकी पूजा करके मनुष्य क्या फल पाता है? यह सब मुझे स्पष्टरूपसे बताइये, क्योंकि इस विषयमें मुझे महान्‌ संदेह है”

vāyudeva uvāca | kiṃ phalaṃ brāhmaṇeṣv asti pūjāyāṃ madhusūdana | īśvaratvaṃ kutaḥ teṣām ihaiva ca paratra ca ||

وایو نے کہا— “اے مدھوسودن! برہمنوں کی پوجا سے کیا پھل حاصل ہوتا ہے؟ اور کس سبب سے وہ اسی لوک اور پرلوک میں بھی خدا صفت سمجھے جاتے ہیں؟”

किम्what
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
फलम्fruit, result
फलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootफल
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
ब्राह्मणेषुamong/with regard to Brahmins
ब्राह्मणेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Singular
पूजायाम्in worship; in the act of honoring
पूजायाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपूजा
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
मधुसूदनO Madhusudana (Krishna)
मधुसूदन:
TypeNoun
Rootमधुसूदन
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
ईश्वरत्वम्lordship; being like a lord
ईश्वरत्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वरत्व
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
कुतःwhence? why? how?
कुतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुतः
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
इहhere; in this world
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
एवindeed; just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
परत्रthere; in the other world
परत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरत्र
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

वायुदेव उवाच

वायुदेव (Vāyudeva/Vāyu)
मधुसूदन (Madhusūdana/Kṛṣṇa)
ब्राह्मण (Brāhmaṇa)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames a dharma-inquiry: it asks what moral and spiritual ‘fruit’ (phala) comes from honoring Brahmins, and why they are treated as godlike both in this life and after death—inviting an explanation of the ethical and religious rationale behind Brahmin-veneration.

Vāyudeva addresses Kṛṣṇa (Madhusūdana) with a pointed question about the efficacy and justification of worship/honoring of Brahmins, specifically seeking the reason for their elevated status across both worldly and otherworldly contexts.