Shloka 21
प्रतिग्रहभेदः — The Distinction between Giving and Accepting
Vṛṣādarbhī–Saptarṣi Dialogue
सो<यं स्वयम्भुविहितो धर्म: संकल्पितस्त्वया । ऋते स्वयम्भुव: कोडन्य: श्राद्धेयं विधिमाहरेत्
so ’yaṁ svayambhuvihito dharmaḥ saṅkalpitas tvayā | ṛte svayambhuvaḥ ko ’nyaḥ śrāddheyaṁ vidhim āharet ||
ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: “ທຳມະນີ້ທີ່ເຈົ້າໄດ້ຕັ້ງໃຈປະກອບ ແມ່ນທຳມະທີ່ສະວະຍັມພູ (Brahmā) ໄດ້ກໍານົດໄວ້ແຕ່ເດີມ. ນອກຈາກສະວະຍັມພູແລ້ວ ຜູ້ໃດຈະສາມາດວາງວິທີການອັນຖືກຕ້ອງຂອງສິ່ງທີ່ຄວນຖວາຍໃນພິທີສຣາດທະ (śrāddha) ໄດ້? ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ການປະພຶດຂອງເຈົ້າ ແມ່ນຕາມກົດເກນເດີມທີ່ພຣະພຣະຫມາໄດ້ສະຖາປະນາ.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse grounds śrāddha and related dharma in primordial authority: the correct ritual procedure is not arbitrary but traced to Svayambhu (Brahmā), implying that faithful observance aligns one with an original, universally sanctioned order.
Bhishma, instructing on dharma in the Anushasana Parva, affirms that the listener’s performance follows the ancient rule established by Brahmā and rhetorically emphasizes that no one else could authoritatively prescribe the śrāddha-vidhi.