Shloka 58
अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा
Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin
एवं सुतपसा चैव हव्यकव्यैस्तथैव च
evaṃ sutapasā caiva havyakavyais tathaiva ca
“Demikian pula, melalui tapa yang keras, dan juga melalui persembahan havya-kavya bagi para dewa dan para leluhur.”
देव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links inner discipline (tapas) with outward dharmic action (havya and kavya offerings), implying that spiritual merit and ethical order are sustained through both self-restraint and properly directed ritual duties to gods and ancestors.
A deity, continuing an instruction in Śānti Parva, enumerates means by which a goal is attained or merit is secured—stating that it is achieved ‘thus’ not only through austerity but also through the prescribed offerings to devas (havya) and to pitṛs (kavya).