Shloka 90
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 ||
ਵਸਿਸ਼ਠ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਉੱਥੇ ਸਾਮ-ਗਾਨ ਮੂਰਤਿਮਾਨ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੋਏ ਅਤੇ ਹਜ਼ਾਰਾਂ ਯਜੁਸ-ਮੰਤ੍ਰ ਵੀ। ਪਦ-ਪਾਠ ਅਤੇ ਕ੍ਰਮ-ਪਾਠ ਦੀ ਸ਼ੋਭਾ ਨਾਲ ਵਿਭੂਸ਼ਿਤ ਰਿਗਵੇਦ ਵੀ ਉਸ ਥਾਂ ਆ ਪਹੁੰਚਿਆ।
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
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).