Shloka 34
भारद्वाजस्ततः पिंडं दातुं कृष्णाय चोद्यतः । श्वेतो दृश्योऽब्रवीत्पुत्र देहि पुत्रो ममौरसः ॥ ३४ ॥
bhāradvājastataḥ piṃḍaṃ dātuṃ kṛṣṇāya codyataḥ | śveto dṛśyo'bravītputra dehi putro mamaurasaḥ || 34 ||
അപ്പോൾ പ്രേരിതനായ ഭാരദ്വാജൻ കൃഷ്ണനു പിണ്ഡം നൽകാൻ ഒരുങ്ങി. അതേ സമയം ദൃശ്യനായ ശ്വേതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“പുത്രാ, കൊടുക്കുക; ഇവൻ എന്റെ ഔരസ പുത്രൻ.”
Narrator (within the Narada Purana dialogue tradition; likely Sūta relating the account as part of Uttara-Bhāga mahatmya narration)
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"adbhuta","secondary_rasa":"shanta","emotional_journey":"A routine ritual act is interrupted by a startling epiphany: Śveta becomes visible and speaks, shifting the mood from procedural calm to wonder and clarification."}
FAQs
The verse stresses dharmic precision in ancestral rites: a piṇḍa-offering should be given to the rightful recipient as sanctioned by lineage and truth, not merely by impulse or assumption.
Even when Kṛṣṇa is revered, the narrative shows that devotion must harmonize with prescribed dharma—bhakti does not cancel the ethical and ritual order governing śrāddha and piṇḍa-dāna.
It reflects Kalpa (a Vedāṅga) through the rules of śrāddha procedure—identifying the proper recipient and performing piṇḍa-dāna according to lineage-based injunctions.