Shloka 20
Nakula’s Counsel on Yajña, Dāna, and Tyāga (नकुलोपदेशः—यज्ञदानत्यागविचारः)
असृजद्धि प्रजा राजन् प्रजापतिरकल्मष: । मां यक्ष्यन्तीति धर्मात्मा यज्ञैविविधदक्षिणै:,राजन! पापरहित धर्मात्मा प्रजापतिने इस उद्देश्यसे प्रजाओंकी सृष्टि की कि “ये नाना प्रकारकी दक्षिणावाले यज्ञोंद्वारा मेरा यजन करेंगी”
asṛjaddhi prajā rājan prajāpatir akalmaṣaḥ | māṃ yakṣyantīti dharmātmā yajñair vividha-dakṣiṇaiḥ ||
O King, the stainless Prajāpati created living beings with this intent: ‘They will worship me.’ Being righteous in purpose, he ordained that they should honor him through sacrifices accompanied by many kinds of sacrificial gifts—thus grounding society in duty, gratitude, and sacred reciprocity.
नकुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Creation is linked to dharma: beings are meant to sustain a sacred reciprocity through yajña—worship expressed as disciplined action and generous giving (dakṣiṇā), which supports moral and social order.
Nakula addresses a king and explains a doctrinal point: Prajāpati, pure and righteous, created beings with the intention that they would worship him through sacrifices endowed with varied gifts, presenting yajña as a foundational principle of life and society.