Shloka 436
कर्णेन व्यूहविधानम् — Karṇa’s Battle Formation and the Pāṇḍava Counter-Plan
Adhyāya 31
ऊरुभ्यामसृजद् वैश्याज्शूद्रान् पदभ्यामिति श्रुति: । ब्रह्माजीने ब्राह्मणोंको अपने मुखसे, क्षत्रियोंकों भुजाओंसे, वैश्योंको जाँघोंसे और शूद्रोंको पैरोंसे उत्पन्न किया है, ऐसा श्रुतिका मत है
ūrubhyām asṛjad vaiśyān śūdrān padbhyām iti śrutiḥ | brahmā jīne brāhmaṇān mukhataḥ, kṣatriyān bhujataḥ, vaiśyān ūrutaḥ, śūdrān padbhyām utpāditavān iti śruteḥ matam |
沙利耶说：“《闻传》（śruti）宣称：吠舍（Vaiśya）由大腿而生，首陀罗（Śūdra）由双足而出。同样，依吠陀之见，梵天（Brahmā）从口中生婆罗门（Brāhmaṇa），从臂中生刹帝利（Kṣatriya），从腿中生吠舍，从足中生首陀罗。”在战议与义理争辩之际，此言援引传统宇宙生成的范式，以吠陀权威来论证社会秩序与职责（dharma）。
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse appeals to śruti (Vedic authority) to present a traditional account of the four varṇas arising from different limbs of the cosmic person/creator, implying an ordered social structure and corresponding duties (dharma) grounded in scriptural tradition.
In Karṇa Parva, Śalya speaks amid the battlefield context and debates about conduct and duty. Here he cites a śruti-based cosmological doctrine to support an argument about social roles and the legitimacy of dharma as derived from Vedic revelation.