Shloka 32
उपदेशदोषप्रसङ्गः (Upadeśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Risk of Misapplied Counsel
यथोपदिष्ट मेधावी दर्भा्यादि यथातथम् | हव्यकव्यविधिं कृत्स्नमुक्तं तेन तपस्विना,बुद्धिमान् शूद्रने कुश, अर्घ्ध आदि तथा हव्य-कव्यकी विधि--सब कुछ उन तपस्वी मुनिके उपदेशके अनुसार ठीक-ठीक किया
yathopadiṣṭa medhāvī darbhyādi yathātatham | havyakavyavidhiṁ kṛtsnam uktaṁ tena tapasvinā ||
Bhishma dijo: «Aquel hombre sabio cumplió exactamente lo que se le indicó—comenzando por la hierba darbha y los demás requisitos—todo el rito de las ofrendas destinadas a los dioses (havis) y a los antepasados (kavya), tal como se lo había enseñado aquel asceta».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
That ritual duty (dharma) should be performed precisely according to competent instruction: correctness in method—materials like darbha and the full havya–kavya procedure—reflects discipline, reverence, and ethical seriousness toward gods and ancestors.
Bhishma describes a person (the ‘medhāvī’) executing the complete set of rites for divine and ancestral offerings exactly as an ascetic teacher had prescribed, emphasizing faithful adherence to the taught ritual protocol.