निर्भयः शृणु दक्ष त्वं यज्ञभंगो भवि ष्यति । अपूज्यपूजनाद्दक्ष पूज्यस्य च विवर्जनात्
nirbhayaḥ śṛṇu dakṣa tvaṃ yajñabhaṃgo bhavi ṣyati | apūjyapūjanāddakṣa pūjyasya ca vivarjanāt
اسمعني يا دكشا بلا خوف: إن القربان سيتحطم—لأنك تُكرم غير المستحق، ولأنك تُهمل مَن هو حقًّا أهلٌ للعبادة.
Dadhīca Ṛṣi
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dakṣa (within the episode); broader audience of pilgrims/listeners
Scene: A stern brahmin-sage addresses Dakṣa at a grand yajña pavilion, pointing toward the absent seat of Īśvara; attendants honor lesser beings while the central divine place remains empty, foreshadowing the sacrifice’s ruin.
Dharma requires discernment in worship: honoring the unworthy and neglecting the supreme leads to spiritual and ritual ruin.
The teaching is delivered within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa, reinforcing tīrtha-linked dharma.
An implicit prescription: worship the truly worship-worthy (pūjya) and avoid honoring the unworthy in yajña contexts.
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