Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
मूर्तिमन्ति च सामानि यजूंषि च सहस्रश: । ऋग्वेदश्वागमत् तत्र पदक्रमविभूषित:
mūrtimanti ca sāmāni yajūṃṣi ca sahasraśaḥ | ṛgvedaś cāgamat tatra padakramavibhūṣitaḥ ||
ವಸಿಷ್ಠನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಮಗಾನಗಳು ಮೂರ್ತಿಮಂತವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರತ್ಯಕ್ಷವಾದವು; ಸಾವಿರಾರು ಯಜುರ್ಮಂತ್ರಗಳೂ ಬಂದವು. ಪದಪಾಠ-ಕ್ರಮಪಾಠಗಳ ಶೋಭೆಯಿಂದ ಅಲಂಕರಿತ ಋಗ್ವೇದವೂ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಆಗಮಿಸಿತು.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
The verse highlights that dharma is sustained by honoring the Vedas and preserving their precise recitation traditions; sacred knowledge is not merely text but a living, authoritative presence when upheld with discipline and reverence.
Vasiṣṭha describes a grand sacrificial gathering where the Vedic corpora themselves—Sāman chants, Yajus formulas, and the Ṛgveda—are depicted as arriving in person, with the Ṛgveda distinguished by formal recitation methods (pada and krama).