Shloka 21
नारद–असित (देवल) संवादः — भूतप्रभवाप्यय, इन्द्रिय-गुण-विवेक, क्षेत्रज्ञ-तत्त्व
एतानि सह यज्ञेन प्रजापतिरकल्पयत् । तेन प्रजापतिर्देवान् यज्ञेनायजत प्रभु:
etāni saha yajñena prajāpatir akalpayat | tena prajāpatiḥ devān yajñenāyajata prabhuḥ ||
Kapila menjelaskan: “Pada permulaan, Prajāpati membentuk semua ini bersama-sama dengan institusi yajña. Kemudian Prajāpati, sang Penguasa itu sendiri, memuja para dewa melalui yajña—menunjukkan bahawa tertib kosmos dan hubungan dengan yang ilahi dipelihara oleh persembahan yang berdisiplin dan benar, bukan oleh pemilikan semata-mata.”
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Yajña is presented as foundational to creation and social-cosmic order: even Prajāpati models dharma by sustaining the gods through sacrificial offering, implying that rightful giving and disciplined action uphold the world.
Kapila states that Prajāpati instituted the sacrificial system along with created things, and then Prajāpati himself performed yajña to the gods using those sacrificial means, establishing a paradigm of reciprocal maintenance between beings and the divine.