Shloka 27
नारद–असित (देवल) संवादः — भूतप्रभवाप्यय, इन्द्रिय-गुण-विवेक, क्षेत्रज्ञ-तत्त्व
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ajyajanyetāni yajñasya yajño mūlam iti śrutiḥ | ājyena payasā dadhnā śakṛtā'mikṣayā tvacā |
Kapila explains that the substances arising from the cow are essential constituents of sacrificial work, and that sacrifice itself is declared by the Vedic revelation (śruti) to be a foundational support for the world’s stability. With ghee, milk, curd, dung, the milk-preparation called āmikṣā, and even hide, the cow becomes a means by which ritual duties are fulfilled. Therefore, each of these items should be duly gathered and employed in the manner prescribed by sacred rule.
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Kapila teaches that yajña, grounded in śruti, is a sustaining principle for worldly order, and that the cow’s products are legitimate, prescribed means for fulfilling ritual duty; one should procure and use them according to scriptural injunction.
In a didactic discourse within Śānti Parva, Kapila is explaining the ritual and ethical significance of yajña, listing cow-derived substances (like ghee, milk, curd, dung, āmikṣā, hide) as components used in sacrificial practice and urging their proper, rule-based collection and use.