Shloka 6
Gārhasthya-dharma: Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī-saṃvāda
Householder Duties and Daily Offerings
सदा यज्ञेन देवाश्व सदा55तिथ्येन मानुषा: । छन््दतश्न यथा नित्यमर्हान् भुञज्जीत नित्यश:,प्रतिदिन यज्ञ-होमके द्वारा देवताओंका, अतिथि-सत्कारके द्वारा मनुष्योंका (श्राद्ध तर्पण करके पितरोंका) तथा वेदोंका नित्य स्वाध्याय करके पूजनीय ऋषि-महर्षियोंका यथाविधि पूजन और सत्कार करना चाहिये। इसके बाद नित्य भोजन करना उचित है
sadā yajñena devāś ca sadātithyena mānuṣāḥ | chandasā ca yathā nityam arhān bhuñjīta nityaśaḥ ||
Vāyu said: “One should daily honor the gods through sacrifice, and human beings through hospitality to guests. Likewise, by regular recitation and study of the Vedic hymns, one should duly revere those worthy of honor—especially the venerable seers. Only after performing these daily acts of worship and respectful service is it proper to partake of one’s food each day.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches a daily ethical order: worship the gods through yajña, serve people through hospitality, and honor the Veda and the worthy (especially sages) through regular study and reverence; only after these duties should one eat.
Vāyudeva is instructing on proper conduct (ācāra) and daily discipline, emphasizing that eating is to be preceded by acts of offering, hospitality, and reverence—placing personal consumption after dharmic obligations.