Shloka 7
Parīkṣit-janma-saṃkaṭa and Kuntī’s petition to Vāsudeva (परिक्षिज्जन्मसंकटं कुन्त्याः प्रार्थना च)
तथान्येषां च यक्षाणां भूतानां पतयश्न ये । कृसरेण च मांसेन निवापैस्तिलसंयुतै: ७ ।।
tathānyeṣāṃ ca yakṣāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ patayaś ca ye | kṛsareṇa ca māṃsena nivāpais tilasaṃyutaiḥ || 7 ||
Vaiśampāyana dijo: “Del mismo modo, honró también a los señores de los Yakṣas y a los jefes de diversos espíritus, presentándoles ofrendas de kṛsara (una mezcla cocida), carne y oblaciones mezcladas con sésamo.” El pasaje subraya la ética ritual de la plenitud: reconocer a todos los guardianes pertinentes con las ofrendas debidas, para que el rito avance sin descuido ni agravio.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights ritual dharma: a sacred act should be performed with thoroughness and respect toward all acknowledged guardians and spirit-lords, using appropriate offerings, so that no being is slighted and the rite remains orderly and auspicious.
The narrator describes a sequence of worship in which offerings—kṛsara, meat, and sesame-mixed oblations—are presented to the chiefs of Yakṣas and to the lords of various bhūtas, completing that portion of the ceremonial propitiation.