Shloka 10
नहुषोपाख्यानम्—दीपदान-धूप-बलीकर्म-प्रशंसा
Nahūṣa Episode and the Commendation of Lamp-Gifting and Household Offerings
पितरश्न महाभागा ऋषयश्न तपोधना: । गृह्माश्व देवता: सर्वाः प्रीयन्ते विधिनार्चिता:
pitaraś ca mahābhāgā ṛṣayaś ca tapodhanāḥ | gṛhyāś ca devatāḥ sarvāḥ prīyante vidhinārcitāḥ ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ປິຕຣະຜູ້ມີພອນ (ວິນຍານບັນພະບຸລຸດ) ແລະ ຣິຊີຜູ້ສະສົມຕະປະອັນຫນາແນ່ ຍ່ອມພໍໃຈ; ແລະ ເທວະຕາໃນເຮືອນທັງປວງກໍຍິນດີ ເມື່ອໄດ້ຮັບການບູຊາຕາມພິທີອັນຖືກຕ້ອງ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຜູ້ຮູ້ທັນ ຫຼັງຈາກອາບນ້ຳແລ້ວ ຈຶ່ງກ່າວນະມັດສະການດ້ວຍຄວາມເຄົາລົບ ແລະ ປະກອບກຳມະເຊັ່ນ ຕັຣປະນະ (ຖວາຍນ້ຳ) ແກ່ເທວະຕາແລະອື່ນໆ ເພື່ອໃຫ້ຜູ້ຮັບອັນສັກສິດເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນພໍໃຈ ແລະ ຄ້ຳຈຸນທຳມະໃນເຮືອນ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Properly performed daily rites—especially bathing followed by reverent offerings like tarpaṇa—sustain dharma by pleasing gods, ancestors, and sages; ritual correctness (vidhi) and respectful intention are emphasized as ethical duties of a learned householder.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma, he explains to the listener that when one worships according to prescribed procedure, the Pitṛs, ṛṣis, and household deities become satisfied—highlighting the religious-social function of domestic worship and ancestral offerings.