Shloka 83
Gārhasthya-dharma: Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī-saṃvāda
Householder Duties and Daily Offerings
पयोमूलफलैर्वापि पितृणां प्रीतिमाहरन् । मधुसूदन! स्वाध्यायसे ऋषियोंको बड़ी प्रसन्नता होती है। प्रतेदिन भोजनके पहले ही अनिनिहोत्र एवं बलिवैश्वदेव कर्म करे। इससे देवता संतुष्ट होते हैं। पितरोंकी प्रसन्नताके लिये प्रतिदिन अन्न
payomūlaphalair vāpi pitṝṇāṁ prītim āharan | madhusūdana! svādhyāyena ṛṣīṇāṁ baḍī prasannatā hotī hai | pratidina bhojanāt pūrvam eva agnihotraṁ ca balivaiśvadeva-karma ca kuryāt | etena devatāḥ santuṣyanti | pitṝṇāṁ prasannatāyai pratidinam anna-jala-dugdha athavā phala-mūlaiḥ śrāddhaṁ kartum ucitam |
Vāyu disse: “Mesmo por meio de oferendas de leite, raízes e frutos, obtém-se a satisfação dos Pais (Pitṛs). Ó Madhusūdana, os sábios se alegram grandemente com o svādhyāya: a recitação e o estudo diário dos textos sagrados. A cada dia, antes de tomar a refeição, deve-se realizar o Agnihotra e as oferendas de Bali–Vaiśvadeva; com isso os deuses ficam contentes. E, para a satisfação dos Pitṛs, é apropriado realizar um śrāddha diário com alimento, água, leite, ou com frutos e raízes.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
A disciplined daily religious life sustains cosmic and social order: svādhyāya pleases the sages, Agnihotra and Bali–Vaiśvadeva satisfy the gods, and simple daily śrāddha offerings (even water, milk, fruits, or roots) honor and content the ancestors.
Vāyudeva addresses Kṛṣṇa (Madhusūdana) while explaining practical duties of dharma, especially the householder’s daily rites—textual recitation, pre-meal offerings, and regular ancestral rites—framing them as reciprocal obligations to sages, gods, and Pitṛs.