Shloka 2
दानशील-समाचारः, सत्कारः, अहिंसा च
Umā–Maheśvara Saṃvāda
अग्निकार्य च कर्तव्यं परमान्नेन भोजनम् । दीपकश्चापि कर्तव्य: पितृणां सतिलोदक:
Dhaumya uvāca: agnikāryaṃ ca kartavyaṃ paramānnena bhojanam | dīpakaś cāpi kartavyaḥ pitṝṇāṃ satilodakaḥ ||
ধৌম্য ক’লে—প্ৰতিদিন অগ্নিসংক্রান্ত কৰ্ম কৰা উচিত। শ্রাদ্ধৰ দিনা উৎকৃষ্ট অন্নে ব্রাহ্মণভোজন কৰোৱা উচিত। পিতৃসকলৰ উদ্দেশে দীপদান আৰু তিলমিশ্ৰিত জলে তৰ্পণো কৰা উচিত।
धौग्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches daily and occasional duties of dharma: maintain the sacred fire through regular rites, and honor the ancestors through śrāddha—feeding Brahmins with the best food, offering a lamp, and performing tarpaṇa with sesame-mixed water.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-focused setting, Dhaumya lays down practical observances for righteous living, emphasizing household ritual discipline and the proper honoring of the Pitṛs through prescribed offerings.