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Shloka 5

Śrāddha-Kalpa: Pitṛ-Pūjā and Tithi-Phala (श्राद्धकल्पः पितृपूजा च तिथिफलम्)

वेदोपनिषदश्वैव सर्वकर्मसु दक्षिणा: । सर्वक्रतुषु चोद्दिष्टं भूमिगावो5थ काउचनम्‌,वेद और उपनिषदोंने भी प्रत्येक कर्ममें दक्षिणाका विधान किया है। सभी यज्ञोंमें भूमि, गौ और सुवर्णकी दक्षिणा बतायी गयी है

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |

vedopaniṣadaś caiva sarvakarmasu dakṣiṇāḥ |

sarvakratuṣu coddiṣṭaṃ bhūmi-gāvo 'tha kāñcanam ||

వేదాలు మరియు ఉపనిషత్తులు ప్రతి కర్మలో దక్షిణను విధిస్తాయి; అలాగే సమస్త యజ్ఞాలలో భూమి, గోవులు, స్వర్ణం దక్షిణగా ఇవ్వాలని ప్రత్యేకంగా ఆజ్ఞాపించబడింది.

वेदthe Veda
वेद:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवेद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उपनिषदःUpanishads
उपनिषदः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउपनिषद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/also
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
सर्वकर्मसुin all rites/actions
सर्वकर्मसु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
दक्षिणाःfees/gifts (dakṣiṇās)
दक्षिणाः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षिणा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वक्रतुषुin all sacrifices
सर्वक्रतुषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वक्रतु
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उद्दिष्टम्is prescribed/indicated
उद्दिष्टम्:
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-√दिश्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
भूमिःland
भूमिः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
गावःcows
गावः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगो
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
अथand then/also
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
काञ्चनम्gold
काञ्चनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकाञ्चन
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
V
Vedas
U
Upaniṣads
D
dakṣiṇā (ritual gift)
B
bhūmi (land)
G
gāvaḥ (cows)
K
kāñcana (gold)

Educational Q&A

Ritual action is not complete without ethical giving: the tradition authoritatively links sacrifice with dakṣiṇā, emphasizing that offerings to priests and support of sacred work—especially through land, cows, and gold—are a dharmic obligation rather than an optional add-on.

Yudhiṣṭhira is speaking within the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, invoking Vedic and Upaniṣadic authority to clarify what kinds of gifts are prescribed as dakṣiṇā across sacrificial rites.