Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
देवं दद्यान्महाभागस्ततो विप्रांश्च भोजयेत् । भूरीणा परमान्नेन ततः पश्चात् स्वयं नरः । भुञ्जीत सहितो बालैर्वाग्यतः संयतेन्द्रियः ॥ ३९.५८ ॥
devaṃ dadyān mahābhāgas tato viprāṃś ca bhojayet | bhūrīṇā paramānnena tataḥ paścāt svayaṃ naraḥ | bhuñjīta sahito bālair vāgyataḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ || 39.58 ||
A pessoa afortunada deve primeiro oferecer à divindade; depois, alimentar os brāhmaṇas com comida abundante e excelente. Em seguida, o homem deve comer ele mesmo com as crianças, refreando a fala e com os sentidos controlados.
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in excerpt)
It reflects a normative household sequence found across Purāṇic and Dharmaśāstra-adjacent literature: offering to a deity, hospitality/feeding of learned guests, and only then the household’s own meal, framed as disciplined conduct.
No geographic toponym appears in this verse; it is a general prescriptive instruction rather than a site-specific passage.
Prioritizing giving and hospitality before personal consumption, coupled with self-restraint—controlled speech (vāgyama) and sensory discipline (indriya-saṃyama)—as markers of ethical comportment.
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