Shloka 23
Gārhasthya-dharma: Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī-saṃvāda
Householder Duties and Daily Offerings
कुत्तों, चाण्डालों और पक्षियोंके लिये भूमिपर अन्न रख देना चाहिये। यह वैश्वदेव नामक कर्म है। इसका सायंकाल और प्रात:काल अनुष्ठान किया जाता है ।।
vayudeva uvāca | kuttebhyaś caṇḍālebhyaś ca pakṣibhyaś ca bhūmau annaṁ nidhātavyaṁ | etad vaiśvadeva-nāma karma | asya sāyaṁkālaṁ prātaḥkālaṁ cānuṣṭhānaṁ kriyate || etāṁs tu dharmān gārhasthyān yaḥ kuryād anasūyakaḥ | sa iha ṛṣivarān prāpya pretya loke mahīyate ||
Vāyu sprach: „Man soll Speise auf die Erde legen – für Hunde, für Ausgestoßene und für die Vögel. Dies ist der Ritus namens Vaiśvadeva, der abends und wiederum morgens zu vollziehen ist. Wer, frei von Fehlersuche und Neid, diese Pflichten des Hausstandes übt, erlangt schon in diesem Leben den Segen erhabener Seher; und nach dem Tod wird er in den Welten des Verdienstes geehrt.“
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
A householder should practice daily generosity and inclusivity—offering food even to beings and persons commonly neglected—through the Vaiśvadeva observance, and should do so without fault-finding (anasūyā). Such conduct yields blessings in this life and honor in meritorious realms after death.
Vāyudeva instructs on gṛhastha duties, defining a specific daily rite (Vaiśvadeva) and its timing (morning and evening), then states the spiritual and social fruits for one who performs these household dharmas with a non-censorious attitude.