Shloka 1
सप्तहोतृ-विधानम् एवं इन्द्रिय–मनःसंवादः
The Seven Hotṛs and the Debate of Senses and Mind
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brāhmaṇa uvāca | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṁ purātanam | subhage sapta-hotṝṇāṁ vidhānam iha yādṛśam |
ब्राह्मण ने कहा—इसी विषय में एक प्राचीन इतिहास का उदाहरण भी दिया जाता है। सुभगे! यहाँ जिस प्रकार सात होताओं के यज्ञ का विधान बताया गया है, उसे सुनो।
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames instruction through precedent: ethical and ritual understanding is strengthened by citing an ancient illustrative narrative, introducing the prescribed ‘seven hotṛs’ as a model for understanding sacrifice (often read allegorically as mind, intellect, and senses functioning in disciplined harmony).
A Brāhmaṇa begins a discourse by telling an addressed woman (‘Subhagā’) that an old itihāsa will be quoted as an example, and he invites her to hear the established ordinance concerning a sacrifice involving seven officiants.