Shloka 62
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
कल्पयिष्यन्ति वो भागांस्ते नरा वेदकल्पितान् । “देवगण! सम्पूर्ण लोकोंमें जो मनुष्य यज्ञोंद्वारा यजन करेंगे, वे तुम्हारे लिये वेदके कथनानुसार यज्ञभाग निश्चित करेंगे ।। ६१ $ ।। यो मे यथा कल्पितवान् भागमस्मिन् महाक्रतौ
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: kalpayiṣyanti vo bhāgāṁs te narā vedakalpitān | "devagaṇa! sampūrṇa-lokeṣu ye manuṣyā yajñair yajiṣyanti, te yuṣmad-artham vedokta-vidhinā yajñabhāgān niśceṣyanti" | yo me yathā kalpitavān bhāgam asmin mahākratau
ആ മനുഷ്യർ വേദവിധാനപ്രകാരം നിങ്ങള്ക്കായി യജ്ഞഭാഗങ്ങൾ നിശ്ചയിക്കും. പിന്നെ ഈ മഹാക്രതുവിൽ ആരാണ് എനിക്ക് എങ്ങനെയോ ഭാഗം നിശ്ചയിച്ചിട്ടുള്ളത്—
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
That sacrificial offerings and the deities’ portions are not arbitrary: they are to be fixed according to Vedic injunction, upholding dharma and the ordered reciprocity between humans and gods.
Vaiśampāyana reports a statement addressed to the gods: humans across the worlds will continue performing sacrifices and will assign the gods their due portions as the Veda prescribes; the passage then transitions into a continuation about how a particular share was assigned in a great sacrifice.