Shloka 22
Adhyāya 283: Varṇa-vṛtti, Nyāya-ārjana, and the Decline-and-Restoration of Dharma (वर्णवृत्तिः न्यायार्जनं च)
दक्ष उवाच एतन्मखेशाय सुवर्णपात्रे हवि: समस्तं विधिमन्त्रपूतम् | विष्णोर्नयाम्यप्रतिमस्य भागं प्रभुर्विभुश्नाहवनीय एष:
dakṣa uvāca etan makheśāya suvarṇapātre haviḥ samastaṃ vidhimantrapūtam | viṣṇor nayāmy apratimasya bhāgaṃ prabhur vibhuś cāhavanīya eṣaḥ ||
दक्ष बोले—“महर्षे! देखिए, विधि और मन्त्रों से पवित्र की हुई यह समस्त हवि सुवर्ण-पात्र में रखी है। मैं अब इस भाग को अप्रतिम प्रभु श्रीविष्णु के लिए ले जाता हूँ। वही सर्वसमर्थ, सर्वव्यापी हैं और यज्ञ-भाग ग्रहण करने के सर्वथा योग्य हैं।”
दक्ष उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual action is presented as ethically meaningful when aligned with rightful devotion and proper procedure: the offering, purified by vidhi and mantra, should be given to the truly worthy—here identified as Viṣṇu, the incomparable, all-pervading Lord.
Dakṣa declares that the prepared oblation, placed in a golden vessel and sanctified by correct rites and mantras, is to be offered as the sacrificial share to Viṣṇu, whom he proclaims uniquely fit to receive the yajña-portion.