Shloka 20
Nakula’s Counsel on Yajña, Dāna, and Tyāga (नकुलोपदेशः—यज्ञदानत्यागविचारः)
असृजद्धि प्रजा राजन् प्रजापतिरकल्मष: । मां यक्ष्यन्तीति धर्मात्मा यज्ञैविविधदक्षिणै:
asṛjaddhi prajā rājan prajāpatir akalmaṣaḥ | māṃ yakṣyantīti dharmātmā yajñair vividha-dakṣiṇaiḥ ||
हे राजन्, निष्पाप धर्मात्मा प्रजापतीने या हेतूने प्रजांची सृष्टी केली की—“या विविध दक्षिणांनी युक्त यज्ञांद्वारे माझे यजन करतील.”
नकुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Creation is linked to dharma: beings are meant to sustain a sacred reciprocity through yajña—worship expressed as disciplined action and generous giving (dakṣiṇā), which supports moral and social order.
Nakula addresses a king and explains a doctrinal point: Prajāpati, pure and righteous, created beings with the intention that they would worship him through sacrifices endowed with varied gifts, presenting yajña as a foundational principle of life and society.