Shloka 13
कामबन्धन-निवृत्ति तथा शान्तिलक्षण-उपदेशः | Release from Desire-Bondage and the Marks of Peace
भृत्यशेषं तु यो5श्नाति तमाहुर्विघसाशिनम् | विघसं भृत्यशेषं तु यज्ञशेषमथामृतम्
bhṛtyaśeṣaṃ tu yo 'śnāti tam āhur vighasāśinam | vighasaṃ bhṛtyaśeṣaṃ tu yajñaśeṣam athāmṛtam ||
जो गृहस्थ अपने आश्रितों और कुटुम्बजनों को भोजन कराकर जो अन्न शेष रहता है, उसी को खाता है, वह ‘विघसाशी’ कहलाता है। आश्रितों के भोजन के बाद बचा अन्न ‘विघस’ है; और पंचमहायज्ञ तथा बलिवैश्वदेव आदि यज्ञकर्मों के उपरान्त जो शेष रहे, वह ‘अमृत’—पावन प्रसाद—कहा गया है।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches a dharmic hierarchy of eating: one should first feed those one must support; what remains is ‘vighasa’. More highly valued is ‘amṛta’, the sanctified remainder of obligatory sacrificial duties (pañca-mahāyajñas, bali-vaiśvadeva), which is considered spiritually elevating.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Vyāsa defines technical terms related to household conduct and ritual: who is called a vighasāśin, what counts as vighasa, and why sacrificial remnants are termed amṛta.