Shloka 11
Āpad-dharma and Discernment in Livelihood (आपद्धर्मे विज्ञानबलम्)
अश्वमेधैश्व यष्टव्यं बहुभि: स्वाप्तदक्षिणै: । तेन लोकानवाप्रोति पुरुषो5द्धभुतदर्शनान्
aśvamedhaiś ca yaṣṭavyaṃ bahubhiḥ svāptadakṣiṇaiḥ | tena lokān avāpnoti puruṣo ’dbhuta-darśanān ||
Yama disse: “Deve-se também realizar muitos sacrifícios Aśvamedha, cada qual acompanhado de dakṣiṇā—honorários sacerdotais—bem concedidos e apropriados. Por esse mérito, a pessoa alcança mundos bem-aventurados, repletos de visões maravilhosas.”
यम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links royal ritual duty with ethical giving: great sacrifices like the Aśvamedha are said to bear fruit only when accompanied by properly bestowed dakṣiṇā, leading to meritorious posthumous realms.
In a didactic discourse in Śānti Parva, Yama instructs about actions that yield auspicious results after death, here recommending multiple well-endowed Aśvamedha rites as a means to attain wondrous heavenly worlds.