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 dit : «Dans les rites de jeûne et dans les offrandes bali, le vase de cuivre est tenu pour particulièrement excellent. Les objets de culte, l’aumône, l’oblation arghya et l’eau mêlée de sésame destinée aux Pitṛs doivent être donnés au moyen d’un vase de cuivre ; autrement, leur fruit devient bien mince. Ceci est enseigné comme un point hautement secret. En agissant ainsi, les dieux sont satisfaits.»
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.