Mahabharata — Svargarohana Parva, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

ततो हि वरणं कार्य द्विजानां भरतर्षभ | सर्वकामैर्यथान्यायं साधुभिश् पृथग्विधै:

Transliteration

tato hi varaṇaṁ kārya dvijānāṁ bharatarṣabha | sarvakāmair yathānyāyaṁ sādhubhiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ ||

Translation

因此，噢婆罗多族中的雄牛，确当择取并礼敬二次生者（婆罗门）。品行端正之人应依公正与成法，恰如其分地供奉他们，以种种善法满足其不同的愿求与所需。”

Word by Word

• ततः: therefore/then
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• वरणम्: choosing/selection (honouring by choosing)
• वरणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कार्यम्: to be done/should be done
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कार्य (कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्विजानाम्: of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत + ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वकामैः: with all desired things
• सर्वकामैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + काम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• यथा: as/according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• न्यायम्: rule/propriety/justice
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• साधुभिः: by the good/virtuous people
• साधुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पृथक्: separately/variously
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक्

• विधैः: by methods/ways
• विधैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bharatarṣabha (addressed person)
• Dvija (brāhmaṇas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That righteous people should act with yathānyāya—fairness and propriety—by honoring brāhmaṇas and meeting their legitimate needs, treating such support as a dharmic obligation rather than mere generosity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues his instruction by stating a normative rule of conduct: the virtuous should select and honor the dvijas, offering appropriate worship and gifts in diverse forms, aligning social-religious practice with dharma.