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Shloka 15

दानपात्रापात्र-निर्णयः / Determining Worthy Gifts, Recipients, and Permissible Food

यस्य ब्रह्मर्षय: पुण्या नित्यमासन्‌ सभासद: । यस्य नाविदितं किंचिज्ज्ञानयज्ञेषु विद्यते,'पुण्यात्मा ब्रह्मर्षि सदा उनके सभासद रहे हैं। ज्ञानयज्ञमें कोई भी ऐसी बात नहीं है, जिसका उन्हें ज्ञान न हो

yasya brahmarṣayaḥ puṇyā nityam āsan sabhāsadaḥ | yasya nāviditaṃ kiñcij jñānayajñeṣu vidyate ||

毗湿摩耶那说道:“诸位清净的梵仙常为其会众,恒在其座;而于‘知识之祭’——圣智之论议——并无丝毫为他所不知者。”

यस्यwhose
यस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
ब्रह्मर्षयःBrahmarishis (sage-seers)
ब्रह्मर्षयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मर्षि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पुण्याःholy, virtuous
पुण्याः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
आसन्were
आसन्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormImperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural
सभासदःmembers of the assembly
सभासदः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसभासद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अविदितम्unknown
अविदितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअविदित
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
किञ्चित्anything
किञ्चित्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
ज्ञानयज्ञेषुin knowledge-sacrifices (disciplines of knowledge)
ज्ञानयज्ञेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञानयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
विद्यतेexists / is found
विद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (विद्+य, आत्मनेपद)
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
B
Brahmarṣis
S
sabhā (assembly)
J
jñānayajña (knowledge-sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

True authority in dharma and governance is grounded in living proximity to realized sages and mastery of sacred knowledge. The verse praises a person whose court is continually guided by Brahmarṣis and whose understanding in matters of jñāna (spiritual and ethical wisdom) is complete—suggesting that righteous rule and right conduct depend on learned counsel and inner illumination.

Vaiśampāyana is describing (in laudatory terms) an exemplary figure whose assembly is frequented by holy Brahmarṣis. The statement functions as a credential: the person being spoken of is portrayed as fully conversant with the ‘knowledge-sacrifices’—formal settings of teaching, inquiry, and scriptural discussion—so that no point of such wisdom is unknown to him.