Shloka 11
अग्निशाप-प्रसंगः
Agni’s Curse and the Restoration of Ritual Order
अमावास्यां हि पितर: पौर्णमास्यां हि देवता: । मन्मुखेनैव हूयन्ते भुड्जते च हुतं हवि:
amāvāsyāṁ hi pitaraḥ paurṇamāsyāṁ hi devatāḥ | manmukhenaiva hūyante bhuñjate ca hutaṁ haviḥ ||
Śaunaka sprach: „Am Neumondstag (amāvāsyā) sind die Pitṛs zu ehren, am Vollmondstag (pūrṇamāsī) die Devas. Wenn die Opfergaben durch meinen ‘Mund’ dargebracht werden—das heißt durch den rechten heiligen Kanal—nehmen sie die Oblation an und genießen das ordnungsgemäß geopferte havis.“
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual acts should be performed at their proper times and through the proper sacred procedure: Amāvāsyā is especially linked with honoring ancestors (Pitṛs), and Paurṇamāsī with honoring the gods (Devas). Correct mediation—authorized recitation and offering—ensures the intended recipients accept the oblation.
Śaunaka, speaking in the Naimiṣa forest setting of the early Adi Parva dialogues, states a rule of sacrificial timing and efficacy: offerings made on new-moon and full-moon days reach the Pitṛs and Devas respectively, and when offered through the proper officiant/reciter, they are accepted and enjoyed.