Shloka 11
Purohita-Niyoga and the Brahma–Kṣatra Concord
Aila–Kaśyapa Saṃvāda
वे दोनों ब्राह्मण और क्षत्रिय सदा एक-दूसरेसे मिलकर रहें, तभी वे एक-दूसरेकी रक्षा करनेमें समर्थ होते हैं। ब्राह्मणकी उन्नतिका आधार क्षत्रिय होता है और क्षत्रियकी उन्नतिका आधार ब्राह्मण
tau dvau brāhmaṇa-kṣatriyau sadā parasparaṃ saṃmilitau tiṣṭhetām; tata eva tau paraspara-rakṣaṇe samarthau bhavataḥ. brāhmaṇasya unnateḥ ādhāraḥ kṣatriyaḥ, kṣatriyasya ca unnateḥ ādhāro brāhmaṇaḥ.
迦叶波说道：“愿婆罗门与刹帝利二者恒常相依而居；唯有如此，方能彼此护持。刹帝利是婆罗门兴盛之所凭，婆罗门亦是刹帝利兴盛之所凭。”
कश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
Society’s stability depends on reciprocal support: the Kshatriya provides protection and material order, while the Brahmin provides guidance, learning, and moral-spiritual authority; each prospers only when aligned with the other in dharma.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and governance, Kashyapa articulates a principle of cooperative interdependence between the priestly and ruling functions, emphasizing that neither can effectively safeguard the world—or even itself—without the other.