Shloka 663
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
एशि: सम्यक प्रयुक्तैहिं प्रीयन्ते देवता: क्षितौ । “इसीके लिये मैंने वेदों तथा ओषधियों (अन्न-फल आदि) सहित यज्ञोंकी सृष्टि की है। इनका भलीभाँति पृथ्वीपर अनुष्ठान होनेसे सम्पूर्ण देवता तृप्त होंगे
eṣiḥ samyak prayuktaiḥ prīyante devatāḥ kṣitau | "isīke liye mayā vedāṃś ca oṣadhībhiḥ saha yajñānāṃ sṛṣṭiḥ kṛtā | etānāṃ bhūmau samyag anuṣṭhānāt samastā devatāḥ tṛptā bhaviṣyanti" |
Vaiśampāyana berkata: Apabila upacara dilaksanakan dengan sempurna, para dewa berkenan di bumi. “Untuk tujuan inilah Aku menciptakan korban suci (yajña) bersama-sama dengan Veda, serta herba dan hasil bumi yang menyara kehidupan (makanan, buah-buahan, dan seumpamanya). Apabila semuanya dilakukan dengan tertib di atas bumi, maka seluruh para dewa akan berpuas hati.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Properly performed dharmic observances—especially yajña grounded in Vedic guidance and supported by the earth’s produce—create a reciprocal harmony in which the divine powers are pleased and the cosmic order is sustained.
Vaiśaṃpāyana, continuing the Śānti-parvan discourse on dharma, explains that the institution of yajña (together with the Vedas and life-sustaining herbs/produce) was created so that, when rightly practiced on earth, it brings satisfaction to all the deities.