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Shloka 10

Gārhasthya-dharma: Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī-saṃvāda

Householder Duties and Daily Offerings

अग्नीषोमं वैश्वदेवं धान्वन्तर्यमनन्तरम्‌ । प्रजानां पतये चैव पृथग्घोमो विधीयते,पहले अग्नि और सोमको, फिर विश्वेदेवोंको, तदनन्तर धन्वन्तरिको, तत्पश्चात्‌ प्रजापतिको पृथक्‌-पृथक्‌ आहुति देनेका विधान है

agnīṣomaṃ vaiśvadevaṃ dhānvantaryam anantaram | prajānāṃ pataye caiva pṛthag homo vidhīyate ||

Vāyu sprach: „Im Opferritus sind getrennte Oblationen vorgeschrieben: zuerst Agni und Soma gemeinsam, dann den Viśvedevas, als Nächstes Dhanvantari und danach Prajāpati, dem Herrn der Geschöpfe.“ Der Vers betont die disziplinierte Ordnung der Verehrung: Dharma wird gewahrt, wenn jede Gabe eigenständig und ehrfürchtig dargebracht wird, ohne Verwirrung oder Nachlässigkeit.

अग्नीषोमम्to Agni-and-Soma (the Agniṣoma deities)
अग्नीषोमम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- + सोम-
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
वैश्वदेवम्to the Viśvedevas (collectively)
वैश्वदेवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवैश्वदेव-
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
धान्वन्तर्यम्to Dhanvantari
धान्वन्तर्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधान्वन्तर्य-
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अनन्तरम्thereafter / next
अनन्तरम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनन्तर-
प्रजानाम्of creatures / of subjects
प्रजानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा-
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
पतयेto the lord (Prajāpati)
पतये:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपति-
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed / also
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
पृथक्separately
पृथक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपृथक्
होमःoblation / offering (homa)
होमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहोम-
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विधीयतेis prescribed / is enjoined
विधीयते:
TypeVerb
Rootधा (वि + धा)
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
A
Agni
S
Soma
V
Viśvedevas
D
Dhanvantari
P
Prajāpati
H
Homa (fire-offering)

Educational Q&A

Dharma in ritual life is expressed through correct sequence and distinctness of offerings: each deity is honored with a specific, separate oblation, reflecting clarity, reverence, and adherence to prescribed rule (vidhi).

Vāyu is instructing about sacrificial procedure, listing the order in which oblations should be offered—Agni-Soma first, then the Viśvedevas, then Dhanvantari, and finally Prajāpati—emphasizing that each is to be offered separately.