Shloka 15
Mohinī-prashna
The Question about Mohinī
श्रृणु मोहिनि मद्वाक्यं वेदोऽयं बहुधा स्थितः । यज्ञकर्मक्रिया वेदः स्मृतिर्वेदो गृहाश्रमे ॥ १५ ॥
śrṛṇu mohini madvākyaṃ vedo'yaṃ bahudhā sthitaḥ | yajñakarmakriyā vedaḥ smṛtirvedo gṛhāśrame || 15 ||
မောဟိနီရေ၊ ငါ့စကားကို နားထောင်လော့။ ဤဝေဒသည် ပုံစံအမျိုးမျိုးဖြင့် တည်ရှိ၏။ ယဇ္ဉနှင့် ကర్మကရိယာတို့၏ ဆောင်ရွက်မှုသည် ဝေဒဖြစ်၏။ ထို့ပြင် ဂೃಹස්ථအာရှ్రమ၌ ဝေဒသည် စမృతိ—မှတ်သားထားသော ဥပဒေနှင့် အကျင့်အကြံ—အဖြစ် ပေါ်လွင်၏။
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: jnana (treated as shanta)
FAQs
It teaches that Vedic authority is not limited to recitation alone: the Veda becomes living guidance through sacrificial duty and, for householders, through Smṛti-based dharma and daily conduct.
By grounding spiritual life in disciplined action—yajña, prescribed duties, and righteous household conduct—this verse supports bhakti as a practiced, embodied devotion rather than mere sentiment.
Ritual performance (kriyā) is emphasized—aligned with Kalpa (procedural Vedic practice) and Dharma-śāstra/Smṛti as the applied rule-set for the gṛhastha stage.