Shloka 2
Suvarṇa-janma and Dakṣiṇā-Māhātmya
Origin and Supremacy of Gold as Ritual Fee
घृतं मे हृदये नित्यं घृतं नाभ्यां प्रतिष्ठितम् । घृतं सर्वेषु गात्रेषु घृते मे मनसि स्थितम्
ghṛtaṁ me hṛdaye nityaṁ ghṛtaṁ nābhyāṁ pratiṣṭhitam | ghṛtaṁ sarveṣu gātreṣu ghṛte me manasi sthitam ||
ನನ್ನ ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ ತುಪ್ಪವು ನಿತ್ಯವೂ ಇರಲಿ; ನನ್ನ ನಾಭಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ತುಪ್ಪವು ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಿತವಾಗಿರಲಿ. ತುಪ್ಪವು ನನ್ನ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಅಂಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವ್ಯಾಪಿಸಲಿ; ನನ್ನ ಮನಸ್ಸು ತುಪ್ಪದಲ್ಲೇ ಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಿರಲಿ.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches internalization of a sacred, life-sustaining substance (ghee, associated with the cow and yajña) as a constant presence in heart, body, and mind—using remembrance (japa) as a means of purification and ethical self-regulation.
Vasiṣṭha instructs a king on a daily recitation performed after morning and evening ācamana. The recitation invokes the sanctity of cows and their gifts, asserting ghee’s presence within oneself as part of a practice believed to cleanse the day’s moral faults.