Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
मूर्तिमन्ति च सामानि यजूंषि च सहस्रश: । ऋग्वेदश्वागमत् तत्र पदक्रमविभूषित:
mūrtimanti ca sāmāni yajūṃṣi ca sahasraśaḥ | ṛgvedaś cāgamat tatra padakramavibhūṣitaḥ ||
ବସିଷ୍ଠ କହିଲେ—ସେଠାରେ ସାମଗାନ ମୂର୍ତ୍ତିମାନ ହୋଇ ପ୍ରକଟ ହେଲା, ଏବଂ ସହସ୍ର ସହସ୍ର ଯଜୁର୍ମନ୍ତ୍ର ମଧ୍ୟ ଆସିଲା। ପଦପାଠ ଓ କ୍ରମପାଠର ଶୋଭାରେ ବିଭୂଷିତ ଋଗ୍ବେଦ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେଠାକୁ ଆଗମନ କଲା।
वसिष्ठ उवाच
The verse highlights that dharma is sustained by honoring the Vedas and preserving their precise recitation traditions; sacred knowledge is not merely text but a living, authoritative presence when upheld with discipline and reverence.
Vasiṣṭha describes a grand sacrificial gathering where the Vedic corpora themselves—Sāman chants, Yajus formulas, and the Ṛgveda—are depicted as arriving in person, with the Ṛgveda distinguished by formal recitation methods (pada and krama).