Shloka 5
Śrāddha-Kalpa: Pitṛ-Pūjā and Tithi-Phala (श्राद्धकल्पः पितृपूजा च तिथिफलम्)
वेदोपनिषदश्वैव सर्वकर्मसु दक्षिणा: । सर्वक्रतुषु चोद्दिष्टं भूमिगावो5थ काउचनम्,वेद और उपनिषदोंने भी प्रत्येक कर्ममें दक्षिणाका विधान किया है। सभी यज्ञोंमें भूमि, गौ और सुवर्णकी दक्षिणा बतायी गयी है
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
vedopaniṣadaś caiva sarvakarmasu dakṣiṇāḥ |
sarvakratuṣu coddiṣṭaṃ bhūmi-gāvo 'tha kāñcanam ||
قال يودهيشتيرا: «إن الفيدا والأوبانيشاد أنفسهما يفرضان الدكشِنا (dakṣiṇā)، أي عطيةَ القربان، لكل شعيرة. وفي جميع القرابين يُنصّ صراحةً على أن تُعطى الأرضُ والأبقارُ والذهبُ أجرةً كهنوتية.»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual action is not complete without ethical giving: the tradition authoritatively links sacrifice with dakṣiṇā, emphasizing that offerings to priests and support of sacred work—especially through land, cows, and gold—are a dharmic obligation rather than an optional add-on.
Yudhiṣṭhira is speaking within the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, invoking Vedic and Upaniṣadic authority to clarify what kinds of gifts are prescribed as dakṣiṇā across sacrificial rites.