Shloka 8
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
तस्यानुकम्पया देवी प्रीता समभवत् तदा । वेदमाता ततस्तस्य तज्जप्यं समपूजयत्
tasyānukampayā devī prītā samabhavat tadā | vedamātā tatastasyā tajjapyaṃ samapūjayat |
Bhīṣma said: Moved by compassion, the Goddess became pleased with him at that time. Then Savitrī, revered as the Mother of the Vedas, inwardly honored and approved that man’s prescribed recitation (japa) performed in accordance with rule.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
When a person performs prescribed spiritual practice (japa) with discipline and in accordance with dharma, it becomes worthy of honor; such sincerity invites divine compassion and approval.
Bhīṣma describes how the Goddess—identified as Savitrī, the Mother of the Vedas—becomes pleased out of compassion and honors the man’s rule-following mantra-recitation, approving it as a righteous act.