Shloka 16
हव्यं कव्यं च विविध॑ निष्पूर्त हुतमेव च । चारों वेदोंके स्वाध्यायसे प्रसन्न हुए देवता तथा पितृगण नाना प्रकारके हव्य और कव्य प्राप्त करते थे। सब ओर इष्ट (यज्ञ-यागादि) और पूर्त (वापी, कूप, तडाग और वृक्षारोपण आदि) का अनुष्ठान होता रहता था ।। अदंशमशका देशा नष्टव्यालसरीसूपा:
havyaṃ kavyaṃ ca vividhaṃ niṣpūrta-hutam eva ca | cāroṃ vedoṃ ke svādhyāyase prasanna hue devatā tathā pitṛgaṇa nānā prakārake havya aur kavya prāpta karate the | saba ora iṣṭa (yajña-yāgādi) aura pūrta (vāpī, kūpa, taḍāga aura vṛkṣāropaṇa ādi) kā anuṣṭhāna hotā rahatā thā || adaṃśa-maśakā deśā naṣṭa-vyāla-sarīsṛpāḥ |
Nārada said: “There were offerings of many kinds—havya for the gods and kavya for the ancestors—along with duly completed oblations. Pleased by the recitation and study of the four Vedas, the gods and the Pitṛs continually received their respective shares. Everywhere, rites of iṣṭa (sacrificial worship such as yajñas) and pūrta (public benefactions like wells, tanks, ponds, and planting trees) were being carried on. The lands were free from biting insects and mosquitoes, and dangerous beasts and creeping creatures had disappeared.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links societal well-being and safety to dharmic life: Vedic study (svādhyāya), proper sacrificial worship (iṣṭa), and public benefaction (pūrta) together sustain harmony between humans, gods, and ancestors, yielding prosperity and freedom from harm.
Nārada describes an ideal, dharma-governed condition in which gods and ancestors are satisfied through offerings and Vedic recitation, while the community actively performs sacrifices and public works; as a result, the land becomes safe and free from pests and dangerous creatures.