Shloka 95

Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)

Sanskrit

प्रथमां ब्रह्मणे दद्यात् प्रजानांपतये ततः ।

तृतीयाञ्चैव गुह्येभ्यः कश्यपाय तथापराम् ॥

Transliteration

prathamāṃ brahmaṇe dadyāt prajānāṃpataye tataḥ |

tṛtīyāṃ caiva guhyebhyaḥ kaśyapāya tathāparām ||

Translation

प्रथमां ब्रह्मणे दद्याद् द्वितीयां प्रजापतये। तृतीयां गुह्यकेभ्यश्च, काश्यपाय तथापराम्॥

Word by Word

प्रथमाम्the first (offering)

ब्रह्मणेto Brahmā

दद्यात्should give/offer

प्रजानाम्of creatures/subjects

पतयेto the lord

ततःthen

तृतीयाम्the third (offering)

चand

एवindeed

गुह्येभ्यःto the Guhyas (attendants)

कश्यपायto Kaśyapa

तथाlikewise

अपराम्another (offering)

Speakers

Unspecified in input (ritual instruction)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

BrahmāPrajāpati

Key Themes

DharmaFire oblationsHousehold ritual sequenceHonoring progenitors and subtle beings

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The householder’s rite acknowledges layered order: creator principle (Brahmā), generative governance (Prajāpati), unseen supports (Guhyas), and ancestral progenitors (Kaśyapa). Gratitude is ritualized as obligation.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra/karma-kāṇḍa instruction; not pancalakṣaṇa.

What is the esoteric significance?

Offering to creator/progenitor powers symbolizes offering one’s actions back to the sources of embodiment and order—recognizing that visible life depends on invisible structures.