Shloka 90
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
मूर्तिमन्ति च सामानि यजूंषि च सहस्रश: । ऋग्वेदश्वागमत् तत्र पदक्रमविभूषित:
mūrtimanti ca sāmāni yajūṃṣi ca sahasraśaḥ | ṛgvedaś cāgamat tatra padakramavibhūṣitaḥ ||
বসিষ্ঠে ক’লে—তাত সামগানসমূহ মূৰ্তিমান হৈ উপস্থিত হ’ল, আৰু সহস্ৰ সহস্ৰ যজুৰ্মন্ত্ৰও আহিল। পদপাঠ আৰু ক্ৰমপাঠৰ শোভাৰে বিভূষিত ঋগ্বেদো সেই স্থানত উপস্থিত হ’ল।
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that dharma is sustained by honoring the Vedas and preserving their precise recitation traditions; sacred knowledge is not merely text but a living, authoritative presence when upheld with discipline and reverence.
Vasiṣṭha describes a grand sacrificial gathering where the Vedic corpora themselves—Sāman chants, Yajus formulas, and the Ṛgveda—are depicted as arriving in person, with the Ṛgveda distinguished by formal recitation methods (pada and krama).