Shloka 101
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
स्कन्नमात्रं च तच्छुक्रे ख्रुवेण परिगृह्म सः । आज्यवन्मन्त्रतश्नापि सोडजुहोद् भूगुनन्दन
skannamātraṃ ca tacchukre khruveṇa parigṛhya saḥ | ājyavanmantrataś cāpi so 'dya juhod bhṛgunandana ||
Vasiṣṭha said: “The moment the semen fell, he swiftly gathered it with the sacrificial ladle (khruva). Then, O delight of the Bhṛgus, he himself recited the mantras and offered it into the fire as though it were clarified butter (ghṛta). Thus, even in a sudden mishap, he acted with ritual discipline and self-control, turning a lapse into a regulated offering rather than letting it become a cause of disorder.”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when an involuntary lapse occurs, one should respond with restraint and dharmic discipline—bringing the situation under ethical and ritual order rather than letting it lead to further impropriety.
Vasiṣṭha describes a moment where semen slips/falls; the person immediately collects it with a ritual ladle and offers it into the sacrificial fire with mantras, treating it as an oblation like ghee.