Shloka 8
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
तस्यानुकम्पया देवी प्रीता समभवत् तदा । वेदमाता ततस्तस्य तज्जप्यं समपूजयत्
tasyānukampayā devī prītā samabhavat tadā | vedamātā tatastasyā tajjapyaṃ samapūjayat |
उस पर अनुकम्पा करके देवी उस समय और भी प्रसन्न हुईं। वेदमाता सावित्री ने उस ब्राह्मण के नियमयुक्त जप की मन-ही-मन प्रशंसा और स्वीकृति की।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
When a person performs prescribed spiritual practice (japa) with discipline and in accordance with dharma, it becomes worthy of honor; such sincerity invites divine compassion and approval.
Bhīṣma describes how the Goddess—identified as Savitrī, the Mother of the Vedas—becomes pleased out of compassion and honors the man’s rule-following mantra-recitation, approving it as a righteous act.