Shloka 16
Nāga–Nāgabhāryā Saṃvāda: Varṇa-Dharma, Gṛhastha-Discipline, and Mokṣa-Self-Inquiry
Mahābhārata 12.347
संकल्पयित्वा त्रीन् पिण्डान् स्वेनैव विधिना प्रभु: । आत्मगात्रोष्मसम्भूतै: स्नेहगर्भस्तिलैरपि
saṅkalpayitvā trīn piṇḍān svenaiva vidhinā prabhuḥ | ātma-gātroṣma-sambhūtaiḥ sneha-garbhais tilair api apasavya-bhāvena tān piṇḍān prokṣya | tadanantaraṁ deveśvaraḥ śrī-hariḥ svayam eva pūrvābhimukhaḥ praṇamya dharma-maryādā-sthāpanārthaṁ idaṁ vacaḥ uvāca |
ナーラダは言った。「主はまず意を定め、御自らの定めた法に従って三つのピンダを整えられた。ついで、御身より発する熱によって油気を帯びた胡麻（tila）を用い、アパサヴィヤ（apasavya、逆回り）の作法でそれらの供物に灑水された。その後、諸天の主シュリー・ハリは東に面して祈り、ダルマの境界を確立するために次の言葉を語られた。」
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even divine power acts through rule-bound conduct: the Lord performs a precise rite and then articulates principles to establish dharma-maryādā—showing that ethical order is maintained by disciplined, lawful action rather than mere force.
The Lord prepares three ritual piṇḍas, consecrates them by sprinkling with unctuous sesame in the apasavya (counter-clockwise) manner, then faces east to pray and speak in order to set or reaffirm the proper boundaries of dharma.