Mahabharata 3.201.14 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 201, Shloka 14
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
ब्राह्मणांस्तोषयेद् यस्तु तुष्यन्ते तस्य देवता: । वचनाच्चापि विप्राणां स्वर्गलोकमवाप्लनुयात्
brāhmaṇāṁs toṣayed yas tu tuṣyante tasya devatāḥ | vacanāc cāpi viprāṇāṁ svargalokam avāpnu yāt ||
مارکنڈیہ نے کہا—جو برہمنوں کو خوش کرتا ہے، اس سے دیوتا بھی خوش ہوتے ہیں۔ اور برہمنوں کے کلام سے—یعنی ان کی دعا و آشیرواد سے—انسان سُوَرگ لوک کو پا سکتا ہے۔
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Honoring and satisfying brāhmaṇas is presented as a powerful dharmic act: it wins divine favor, and their spoken blessing is said to confer spiritual merit capable of leading to Svarga.
Mārkaṇḍeya is instructing his listeners on dharma by emphasizing the religious and ethical importance of pleasing brāhmaṇas and valuing their words (especially blessings) as spiritually efficacious.
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