Shloka 152
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
तस्माद् ये वै प्रयच्छन्ति सुवर्ण धर्मदर्शिन: । देवतास्ते प्रयच्छन्ति समस्ता इति नः श्रुतम्
tasmād ye vai prayacchanti suvarṇaṃ dharmadarśinaḥ | devatās te prayacchanti samastā iti naḥ śrutam ||
Por ello se dice que quienes, lúcidos en el dharma, ofrecen el don del oro, están dando a todas las deidades a la vez. Tal es la enseñanza que hemos recibido por tradición: dar oro se tiene por un acto abarcador de ofrenda sagrada, que honra el orden divino mediante la generosidad.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Gold-giving (suvarṇa-dāna), when performed by one who understands dharma, is praised as an all-encompassing offering—symbolically equivalent to giving to all the deities, because it supports sacred order through generous, righteous giving.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing about the religious-ethical value of dāna (charitable gifting). He asserts, as a received tradition, that donating gold is regarded as a comprehensive divine offering, emphasizing the merit and breadth of such generosity.