Shloka 13
कामबन्धन-निवृत्ति तथा शान्तिलक्षण-उपदेशः | Release from Desire-Bondage and the Marks of Peace
भृत्यशेषं तु यो5श्नाति तमाहुर्विघसाशिनम् | विघसं भृत्यशेषं तु यज्ञशेषमथामृतम्
bhṛtyaśeṣaṃ tu yo 'śnāti tam āhur vighasāśinam | vighasaṃ bhṛtyaśeṣaṃ tu yajñaśeṣam athāmṛtam ||
ಆಶ್ರಿತರಿಗೂ ಕುಟುಂಬಜನರಿಗೂ ಭೋಜನ ಮಾಡಿಸಿ ಉಳಿದ ಅನ್ನವನ್ನು ತಿನ್ನುವವನು ‘ವಿಘಸಾಶಿ’ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಪೋಷ್ಯರಿಗೆ ಭೋಜನವಾದ ನಂತರ ಉಳಿದದ್ದು ‘ವಿಘಸ’; ಪಂಚಮಹಾಯಜ್ಞಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಬಲಿವೈಶ್ವದೇವಾದಿ ಯಜ್ಞಕರ್ಮಗಳ ನಂತರ ಉಳಿಯುವ ಶೇಷವು ‘ಅಮೃತ’—ಪವಿತ್ರ ಪ್ರಸಾದ—ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲಾಗಿದೆ.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches a dharmic hierarchy of eating: one should first feed those one must support; what remains is ‘vighasa’. More highly valued is ‘amṛta’, the sanctified remainder of obligatory sacrificial duties (pañca-mahāyajñas, bali-vaiśvadeva), which is considered spiritually elevating.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Vyāsa defines technical terms related to household conduct and ritual: who is called a vighasāśin, what counts as vighasa, and why sacrificial remnants are termed amṛta.