Shloka 5
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
होमकाले यथा वह्निराज्यपातमवेक्षते ।
ऋतौ प्रजापतिस्तद्वद् बीजपातमवेक्षते ॥
homakāle yathā vahnirājyapātamavekṣate / ṛtau prajāpatistadvad bījapātamavekṣate
Así como, en el momento del homa, el Fuego aguarda la ofrenda de ghee, del mismo modo, en la estación debida (ṛtu) Prajāpati aguarda la “caída de la semilla” (la concepción).
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FAQs
The verse sacralizes procreation by aligning it with yajña: both require right time and right procedure. Sexual conduct is treated as a ritual act with cosmic witnesses and thus moral accountability.
Dharma/ācāra teaching; not one of the five-lakṣaṇa historical-cosmic categories.
Agni and Prajāpati represent transformative fire and generative intelligence; the teaching implies that when timing is honored, desire is transmuted into dharmic creation rather than bondage.