Shloka 97
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
देवपत्न्यश्न कन्याश्ष् देवानां चैव मातर: । आजम्मुः सहितास्तत्र तदा भगुकुलोद्वह
devapatnyaś ca kanyāś ca devānāṃ caiva mātaraḥ | ājagmuḥ sahitās tatra tadā bhṛgukulodvaha bhṛgukulabhūṣaṇa ||
देवपत्नी, देवकन्याएँ और देवताओं की माताएँ—ये सब उस समय वहाँ एक साथ आ पहुँचीं, हे भृगुकुल-श्रेष्ठ।
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the sanctity and social-cosmic importance of a properly upheld sacred rite: when dharma is embodied through disciplined ritual order, even divine beings are portrayed as gathering in harmony to honor it.
Vasiṣṭha describes a grand assembly at the site of a rite: the wives of the gods, celestial maidens, and the mothers of the gods arrive together, and the addressee is respectfully hailed as the foremost ornament of the Bhṛgu lineage.