Shloka 65
Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara
अपाम्पतेर्गोष्पतिवित्तरक्षिणोः समीरणस्यापि तथा द्विजोत्तमाः ।
धातुर्विधातुस्त्वथ वैश्वदेविकाः श्रुतिप्रयुक्ता विविधास्तु सत्क्रियाः ॥
apāmpater goṣpati-vitta-rakṣiṇoḥ samīraṇasyāpi tathā dvijottamāḥ |
dhātur vidhātus tv atha vaiśvadevikāḥ śruti-prayuktā vividhās tu satkriyāḥ ||
O best of the twice-born, the sacred rites (satkriyāḥ) enjoined by the Veda are of many kinds—pertaining to the Lord of the waters, to the lord of cattle and to the protector of wealth, and also to the Wind; likewise there are rites for Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ, and also the Vaiśvadeva rites connected with the All-gods.
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FAQs
Dharma is presented as structured and Veda-grounded: sacred action is not random but ‘śruti-prayukta’—authorized by revelation—and diversified according to cosmic functions (waters, wind, wealth, cattle, sustaining/ordering powers). Ethically, it frames piety as disciplined alignment with the cosmic order (ṛta/dharma) through correctly directed worship and offerings.
This verse most naturally falls under Dharma/ācāra instruction rather than the five hallmark purāṇic topics. Indirectly it supports ‘Sarga’/cosmic order by mapping ritual obligations to cosmic administrators (deities as functional principles), but it is primarily an ācāra (conduct/ritual) passage.
The listed deities can be read as personified powers governing essential life-supporting domains—water (ap), breath/wind (prāṇa as samīraṇa), prosperity/wealth (artha), cattle/food economy, and cosmic regulation (dhātṛ/vidhātṛ). The ‘many rites’ imply that spiritual practice must touch multiple strata of existence, integrating material sustenance and metaphysical order into a single sacrificial worldview.