Shloka 16
Śibi’s Weighing of Dharma
The Hawk and the Dove Trial) — शिबेर्धर्मतुला (श्येन-कपोतोक्तिः
यजन्ते याजका: सम्यक् परिवारं शुभार्थिन: । अन्रोपस्पृश्य सरसि श्रद्दधानो जितेन्द्रिय:
yajante yājakāḥ samyak parivāraṃ śubhārthinaḥ | anropaspṛśya sarasi śraddadhāno jitendriyaḥ ||
Dijo Lomaśa: «Buscando frutos auspiciosos, los sacerdotes oficiantes realizan el sacrificio como es debido, con todo el séquito de asistentes y los implementos necesarios. Tras bañarse en el lago y tocar el agua según el rito, el hombre fiel—dueño de sus sentidos—prosigue con la ceremonia.»
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual action bears fruit when performed correctly (samyak), with faith (śraddhā) and self-restraint (jitendriya). External purity (bathing/touching water) is paired with inner discipline.
Lośa describes the proper conduct of sacrificial performance: priests carry out the yajña with its full accompaniment, and the participant prepares through water-purification at a lake, acting with faith and controlled senses.