Shloka 23
Gārhasthya-dharma: Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī-saṃvāda
Householder Duties and Daily Offerings
कुत्तों, चाण्डालों और पक्षियोंके लिये भूमिपर अन्न रख देना चाहिये। यह वैश्वदेव नामक कर्म है। इसका सायंकाल और प्रात:काल अनुष्ठान किया जाता है ।।
vayudeva uvāca | kuttebhyaś caṇḍālebhyaś ca pakṣibhyaś ca bhūmau annaṁ nidhātavyaṁ | etad vaiśvadeva-nāma karma | asya sāyaṁkālaṁ prātaḥkālaṁ cānuṣṭhānaṁ kriyate || etāṁs tu dharmān gārhasthyān yaḥ kuryād anasūyakaḥ | sa iha ṛṣivarān prāpya pretya loke mahīyate ||
ヴァーユは言った。「犬のため、賤民のため、そして鳥のために、地に食を置くがよい。これが『ヴァイシュヴァデーヴァ供養』（Vaiśvadeva）と呼ばれる作法であり、夕べに行い、さらに朝にも行うべきである。人の過ちをあげつらわず、妬みを離れて、これら家住の務めを修する者は、この世においてすでに高き聖仙の加護を得、死後は功徳の世界にて尊ばれる。」
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
A householder should practice daily generosity and inclusivity—offering food even to beings and persons commonly neglected—through the Vaiśvadeva observance, and should do so without fault-finding (anasūyā). Such conduct yields blessings in this life and honor in meritorious realms after death.
Vāyudeva instructs on gṛhastha duties, defining a specific daily rite (Vaiśvadeva) and its timing (morning and evening), then states the spiritual and social fruits for one who performs these household dharmas with a non-censorious attitude.