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Shloka 22

Umā–Maheśvara-saṃvāda: Varṇa-bhraṃśa, Ācāra (Vṛtta), and Karmic Ascent/Decline

उपवासे बलौ चापि ताम्रपात्रं विशिष्यते । बलिकभभिक्षा तथार्घ्य च पितृणां च तिलोदकम्‌

Baladeva uvāca: upavāse balau cāpi tāmrāpātraṁ viśiṣyate | balikabhikṣā tathārghyaṁ ca pitṝṇāṁ ca tilodakam |

Baladeva disse: “Nos ritos que envolvem jejum e nas oferendas bali, o vaso de cobre é considerado especialmente excelente. Os itens de culto, a esmola, a oblação arghya e a água misturada com gergelim para os Pitṛs devem ser oferecidos por meio de um vaso de cobre; caso contrário, o fruto do mérito torna-se muito pequeno. Isto é ensinado como um ponto altamente confidencial. Agindo assim, as divindades ficam satisfeitas.”

उपवासेin fasting/at the time of fasting
उपवासे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootउपवास
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
बलौin an offering (bali)
बलौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootबलि
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
ताम्रपात्रम्a copper vessel
ताम्रपात्रम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootताम्रपात्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
विशिष्यतेis distinguished/is considered superior
विशिष्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-शिष्
FormPresent, Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Active (Atmanepada usage)
बलिकभभिक्षाoffering and alms (bali and bhikṣā)
बलिकभभिक्षा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबलि-भिक्षा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अर्घ्यम्arghya (honor-offering)
अर्घ्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअर्घ्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पितृणाम्of/for the ancestors (pitṛs)
पितृणाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तिलोदकम्sesame-mixed water
तिलोदकम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतिलोदक
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

बलदेव उवाच

B
Baladeva
T
tāmrāpātra (copper vessel)
A
arghya
P
Pitṛs (ancestors)
T
tilodaka (sesame-water)
D
devatāḥ (deities)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that the material medium of ritual giving matters: offerings connected with fasting, worship, arghya, alms, and ancestral sesame-water should be presented in a copper vessel, which is said to enhance the efficacy (phala) of the rite and please the deities.

Baladeva is instructing about proper ritual procedure (vidhi) within a dharma-discourse: he highlights a specific, ‘confidential’ rule regarding the use of a copper vessel for certain offerings, linking correct observance to greater spiritual result and divine satisfaction.