Shloka 27
प्रतिग्रहभेदः — The Distinction between Giving and Accepting
Vṛṣādarbhī–Saptarṣi Dialogue
देवास्तु पितरो नाम निर्मिता ये स्वयम्भुवा । उष्णपा ये महाभागास्तेषां भाग: प्रकल्पित:
devāstu pitaro nāma nirmitā ye svayambhuvā | uṣṇapā ye mahābhāgāsteṣāṃ bhāgaḥ prakalpitaḥ ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ເທວະບາງພວກ ທີ່ສະວະຍັມພູ (ຜູ້ເກີດຂຶ້ນເອງ—ຜູ້ສ້າງ) ໄດ້ບັງເກີດຂຶ້ນ ຖືກຮູ້ຈັກໃນນາມ ‘ພິຕຣະ’ (ບັນພະບຸລຸດ). ພິຕຣະຜູ້ມີສິຣິອັນສູງສົ່ງເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ ຍັງຖືກເອີ້ນວ່າ ອຸສະນະປາ (Uṣṇapā). ສະວະຍັມພູໄດ້ກໍານົດສ່ວນພິເສດໃຫ້ພວກເຂົາໃນເຄື່ອງຖວາຍສຣາດທະ—ເພື່ອຢືນຢັນວ່າການນັບຖືບັນພະບຸລຸດແມ່ນໜ້າທີ່ທີ່ທຳມະຮັບຮອງ.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
That honoring the Pitṛs through śrāddha is not optional sentiment but a dharmically authorized obligation: the Creator himself has assigned the Pitṛs their rightful share in offerings.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma, he identifies a class of beings called the Pitṛs—also termed Uṣṇapā—and explains their divine origin and their formally prescribed portion in śrāddha rites.