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 ||
Vasiṣṭha sprach: „In der Rudra-Gestalt nennt man es ‘lohita’ (den Roten); aus diesem ‘lohita’ soll Gold hervorgehen. Das ist als ‘maitra’ zu verstehen—Mitra zugehörig, dem Prinzip von Eintracht und Freundschaft. Und aus dem Rauch, so erinnert man sich, stammen die Vasus.“
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.