Shloka 366
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
स तेन कर्मणा$5प्रोति प्रजापतिसलोकताम् | जो अपनी शक्तिके अनुसार अच्छे ढंगसे तैयार किया हुआ भोजन ब्राह्मणोंको अर्पित करता है वह उस पुण्यकर्मके प्रभावसे प्रजापतिके लोकमें जाता है
sa tena karmaṇā prāpnoti prajāpati-salokatām |
Mārkaṇḍeya said: By that meritorious act, one attains residence in the same world as Prajāpati. The teaching emphasizes that offering well-prepared food—according to one’s capacity—to brāhmaṇas bears a spiritually elevating result, linking ethical generosity and reverent hospitality with higher posthumous attainments.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
That sincere giving—especially offering properly prepared food to brāhmaṇas according to one’s means—creates puṇya whose fruit is exalted posthumous attainment, described here as reaching Prajāpati’s realm (salokya).
Mārkaṇḍeya is instructing the listener about the spiritual result of a specific dharmic act: charitable food-offering. He states the consequence in concise karmic terms—such a deed leads to residence in Prajāpati’s world.