Shloka 65
Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara
अपाम्पतेर्गोष्पतिवित्तरक्षिणोः समीरणस्यापि तथा द्विजोत्तमाः ।
धातुर्विधातुस्त्वथ वैश्वदेविकाः श्रुतिप्रयुक्ता विविधास्तु सत्क्रियाः ॥
apāmpater goṣpati-vitta-rakṣiṇoḥ samīraṇasyāpi tathā dvijottamāḥ |
dhātur vidhātus tv atha vaiśvadevikāḥ śruti-prayuktā vividhās tu satkriyāḥ ||
हे द्विजश्रेष्ठ! वेदविहित सत्क्रियाएँ अनेक प्रकार की हैं—जलाधिपति वरुण से संबंधित, पशुपति से, धन-रक्षक (कुबेर) से, तथा वायु से; इसी प्रकार धाता और विधाता के लिए, और सर्वदेवों से संबद्ध वैश्वदेव कर्म भी हैं।
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FAQs
Dharma is presented as structured and Veda-grounded: sacred action is not random but ‘śruti-prayukta’—authorized by revelation—and diversified according to cosmic functions (waters, wind, wealth, cattle, sustaining/ordering powers). Ethically, it frames piety as disciplined alignment with the cosmic order (ṛta/dharma) through correctly directed worship and offerings.
This verse most naturally falls under Dharma/ācāra instruction rather than the five hallmark purāṇic topics. Indirectly it supports ‘Sarga’/cosmic order by mapping ritual obligations to cosmic administrators (deities as functional principles), but it is primarily an ācāra (conduct/ritual) passage.
The listed deities can be read as personified powers governing essential life-supporting domains—water (ap), breath/wind (prāṇa as samīraṇa), prosperity/wealth (artha), cattle/food economy, and cosmic regulation (dhātṛ/vidhātṛ). The ‘many rites’ imply that spiritual practice must touch multiple strata of existence, integrating material sustenance and metaphysical order into a single sacrificial worldview.