Shloka 37
Chapter 84: Brahmā’s Counsel on Tāraka, the Search for Agni, and the Genesis of Skanda
Kārttikeya
येन देवा: पवित्रेण भुज्जते लोकमुत्तमम् । यत् पवित्र पवित्राणां तद् घृतं शिरसा वहेत्
yena devāḥ pavitreṇa bhuñjate lokam uttamam | yat pavitra pavitrāṇāṁ tad ghṛtaṁ śirasā vahet |
ব্যাসে ক’লে— যি পবিত্ৰ দ্ৰব্যৰ বলত দেৱগণে উত্তম লোকসমূহ ভোগ কৰি ধাৰণ কৰে, আৰু যি পবিত্ৰ বস্তুসমূহৰ মাজতো পৰম পবিত্ৰ— সেই ঘৃত শ্ৰদ্ধাৰে শিৰত ধাৰণ কৰিব।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse elevates ghṛta (ghee) as a supremely purifying, sacred substance central to divine worship and yajña; it recommends honoring it with the highest bodily reverence (bearing it on the head), underscoring respect for ritual purity and the means by which dharma is sustained.
Vyāsa is speaking in a didactic context, praising the sanctity and purificatory power of ghee—linked with the gods’ enjoyment of offerings and the maintenance of higher realms—and prescribing a gesture of veneration toward it.