Shloka 22
Umā–Maheśvara-saṃvāda: Varṇa-bhraṃśa, Ācāra (Vṛtta), and Karmic Ascent/Decline
उपवासे बलौ चापि ताम्रपात्रं विशिष्यते । बलिकभभिक्षा तथार्घ्य च पितृणां च तिलोदकम्
Baladeva uvāca: upavāse balau cāpi tāmrāpātraṁ viśiṣyate | balikabhikṣā tathārghyaṁ ca pitṝṇāṁ ca tilodakam |
Baladeva dijo: «En los ritos de ayuno y en las ofrendas bali, el recipiente de cobre se considera especialmente excelente. Los elementos de culto, la limosna, la oblación arghya y el agua mezclada con sésamo para los Pitṛs deben entregarse por medio de un recipiente de cobre; de otro modo, su fruto se vuelve muy escaso. Esto se enseña como un punto sumamente reservado. Obrando así, los dioses quedan satisfechos».
बलदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the material medium of ritual giving matters: offerings connected with fasting, worship, arghya, alms, and ancestral sesame-water should be presented in a copper vessel, which is said to enhance the efficacy (phala) of the rite and please the deities.
Baladeva is instructing about proper ritual procedure (vidhi) within a dharma-discourse: he highlights a specific, ‘confidential’ rule regarding the use of a copper vessel for certain offerings, linking correct observance to greater spiritual result and divine satisfaction.