Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 553
पूजयस्व महाभागान् वाम्भिदनिश्व नित्यदा | प्रभो! कुन्तीनन्दन! इसी प्रकार आप भी सदा मीठे वचन बोलकर और नाना प्रकारके दान देकर महाभाग ब्राह्मणोंकी सर्वदा पूजा करते रहें
pūjayasva mahābhāgān brāhmaṇān nityadā | prabho kuntīnandana! evaṃ tvam api sadā madhuravacanaiḥ nānāvidhair dānaiś ca mahābhāgabrāhmaṇān sarvadā pūjayatām ||
Thần Vāyu nói: “Hãy tôn kính các vị Bà-la-môn cao quý mọi lúc. Hỡi chúa tể, con của Kuntī, chính ngươi cũng nên luôn luôn kính trọng và phụng sự những vị Bà-la-môn ưu tú ấy—bằng lời nói ngọt lành, nhã nhặn, và bằng những bố thí đủ mọi loại.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is upheld through continual reverence for the learned and virtuous—especially brāhmaṇas—expressed not only by material charity (dāna) but also by refined, gentle speech (madhura-vacana).
Vāyu-deva addresses the son of Kuntī with counsel, urging him to maintain a steady practice of honoring eminent brāhmaṇas through respectful words and diverse gifts, framing this as an ongoing royal and ethical duty.