Shloka 20
Draupadī’s Instruction on Marital Conduct and Household Discipline (चित्तग्रहण-उपदेश)
एवमग्निर्भगवता नष्ट: पूर्वमथर्वणा । आहूत: सर्वभूतानां हव्यं वहति सर्वदा
evam agnir bhagavatā naṣṭaḥ pūrvam atharvaṇā | āhūtaḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ havyaṁ vahati sarvadā ||
وهكذا، في الأزمنة الأولى كان أغني قد اختفى؛ ثم إنَّ أتهرفان الجليل استدعاه من جديد. فلمّا تجلّى مرة أخرى، صار أغني يحمل على الدوام الهَفْيَة—قرابين اليَجْنَة—لجميع الكائنات، مُعيدًا مجرى العبادة المرسوم ونظام الكون.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
When sacred order is disrupted (Agni’s disappearance), it is restored through rightful Vedic action and invocation; Agni’s role as carrier of offerings symbolizes the maintenance of dharma and the proper channel between beings and the divine.
Mārkaṇḍeya recounts an earlier episode in which Agni vanished; the seer Atharvan summoned him back, after which Agni again became manifest and continuously bore the oblations offered on behalf of all beings.