Shloka 38
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
वयमाप्यायिता मर्त्यैर्यज्ञभागैर्यथोचितैः ।
वृष्ट्या ताननुगृह्णीमो मर्त्यान् शस्यादिसिद्धये ॥
vayam āpyāyitā martyair yajñabhāgair yathocitaiḥ |
vṛṣṭyā tān anugṛhṇīmo martyān śasyādisiddhaye ||
യജ്ഞത്തിൽ നിശ്ചിതമായ അംശങ്ങൾ മനുഷ്യർ ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് അർപ്പിച്ച് ഞങ്ങളെ പോഷിപ്പിക്കുന്നു; ഞങ്ങൾ മഴയിലൂടെ അവരെ അനുഗ്രഹിച്ച് ധാന്യശസ്യാദികൾ വിജയകരമായി വളരാൻ ഇടയാക്കുന്നു।
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FAQs
A reciprocal covenant is stated: humans sustain devas through sacrificial portions; devas sustain humans through rainfall and agricultural success. The ethical takeaway is gratitude expressed as duty (nitya/naimittika karma) rather than mere sentiment.
Not a genealogy segment; it functions as Dharma/ācāra teaching explaining how the created order continues—adjacent to Sarga/Pratisarga maintenance logic.
‘Yajña-bhāga’ can symbolize disciplined offering of one’s energies; ‘rain’ symbolizes descending grace/fruitfulness. When energies are offered upward (into Agni/Devas), nourishment returns downward as abundance.