Shloka 113
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
रौद्रे लोहितमित्याहुलोहितात् कनकं स्मृतम् । तन्मैत्रमिति विज्ञेयं धूमाच्च वसव: स्मृता:
raudre lohitam ity āhur lohitāt kanakaṃ smṛtam | tan maitram iti vijñeyaṃ dhūmāc ca vasavaḥ smṛtāḥ ||
বসিষ্ঠ বললেন—রুদ্র-রূপে তাকে ‘লোহিত’ বলা হয়; সেই লোহিত থেকে ‘কনক’ (স্বর্ণ) উৎপন্ন হয় বলে স্মৃত। সেই স্বর্ণকে ‘মৈত্র’—মিত্রতত্ত্ব-সম্বন্ধীয়—বুঝতে হবে; আর ধোঁয়া থেকে বসুগণের উৎপত্তি বলা হয়েছে।
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links divine principles to elemental transformations: ‘Lohita’ in the Rudra-aspect is associated with the emergence of gold, which is then characterized as ‘maitra’ (aligned with Mitra—harmony and alliance). It also preserves a traditional cosmological association that the Vasus are connected with (or arise from) smoke.
Vasiṣṭha is presenting a traditional, Vedic-style mapping of names and origins—connecting Rudra, Lohita, gold, Mitra, smoke, and the Vasus—within a didactic discourse that uses cosmological correspondences to convey ordered relationships in the world.