Shloka 63
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
स तथा यज्ञभागाहों वेदसूत्रे मया कृत: । “इस महान् यज्ञमें जिस देवताने मेरे लिये जैसा भाग निश्चित किया है, वह वैदिक सूत्रमें मेरेद्वारा वैसे ही यज्ञभागका अधिकारी बनाया गया ।।
sa tathā yajñabhāgāhaṃ veda-sūtre mayā kṛtaḥ | “asmin mahān yajñe yasya devatāyā mama yathā bhāgo niścitaḥ sa vaidika-sūtre mayā tathaiva yajñabhāgasya adhikārī kṛtaḥ || 62 || yūyaṃ lokān bhāvayadhvaṃ yajñabhāga-phala-ucitāḥ ||”
Vaiśampāyana said: “Accordingly, I set down in the Vedic sūtras the allotment of sacrificial shares. In this great sacrifice, whatever deity had a portion determined on my account, that very deity I duly established—through the Vedic formula—as entitled to that share. And you, who are worthy of the fruits that arise from receiving sacrificial portions, should in turn sustain and nourish the worlds.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual reciprocity and dharmic order: deities receive their properly assigned sacrificial portions as sanctioned by Vedic formulae, and in return they sustain the worlds. Correct allotment (adhikāra) and scriptural authorization (vaidika-sūtra) uphold cosmic balance.
The speaker describes establishing, through Vedic sūtras, the rightful distribution of sacrificial shares to specific deities in a great sacrifice, and then exhorts those entitled to such sacrificial fruits to nourish and support the worlds.