Shloka 6
Rāma’s Abhiṣeka Plan, Kaikeyī’s Boon, and the Initiation of the Exile
Mārkaṇḍeya’s Account
दर्श च पौर्णमासं च कुर्वन् विगतमत्सर: । देवतातिथिशेषेण कुरुते देहयापनम्,उनके मनमें किसीके प्रति ईष्याका भाव नहीं था। वे प्रत्येक पक्षमें दर्श एवं पौर्णमास यज्ञ करते हुए देवताओं और अतिथियोंको उनका भाग अर्पित करके शेष अन्नसे जीवन- यापन करते थे
darśaṃ ca paurṇamāsaṃ ca kurvan vigatamatsaraḥ | devatātithiśeṣeṇa kurute dehayāpanam ||
Vyāsa said: Free from jealousy, he regularly performed the Darśa and Paurṇamāsa rites each fortnight. After offering the due portions to the gods and to guests, he sustained his body on what remained—living by restraint, duty, and contentment rather than by grasping.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse upholds a dharmic life marked by freedom from envy, faithful performance of prescribed rites, and prioritizing gods and guests before oneself—contentedly sustaining oneself on what remains.
Vyāsa describes the conduct of a virtuous person who performs the fortnightly Darśa (new-moon) and Paurṇamāsa (full-moon) rites, offers the proper shares to deities and to guests, and then lives on the remaining food as a disciplined mode of subsistence.