Shloka 40

आज्येन पयसा दध्ना पूर्णाहुत्या विशेषतः । वालै: शुड्रेण पादेन सम्भरत्येव गौर्मखम्‌,तुलाधारने कहा--्रह्मन! जिन दम्भी पुरुषोंके यज्ञ अश्रद्धा आदि दोषोंके कारण यज्ञ कहलानेयोग्य नहीं रह जाते, वे न तो मानसिक यज्ञके अधिकारी हैं और न क्रियात्मक यज्ञके ही। श्रद्धालु पुरुष तो घी, दूध, दही और विशेषतः पूर्णाहुतिसे ही अपना यज्ञ पूर्ण करते हैं। श्रद्धालुओंमें जो असमर्थ हैं, उनका यज्ञ गाय अपनी पूँछके बालोंके स्पर्शसे, शृंगजलसे और पैरोंकी धूलसे ही पूर्ण कर देती है

ājyena payasā dadhnā pūrṇāhutyā viśeṣataḥ | vālaiḥ śuḍreṇa pādena sambharatyeva gaur makham ||

తులాధారుడు అన్నాడు—నెయ్యి, పాలు, పెరుగు, ముఖ్యంగా పూర్ణాహుతితో యజ్ఞం సంపూర్ణమవుతుంది. శ్రద్ధ ఉన్నా సామర్థ్యం లేనివారికి గోవే యజ్ఞాన్ని పూర్తిచేస్తుంది—తోక వెంట్రుకల స్పర్శతో, కొమ్ముల నుంచి జారే నీటితో, కాళ్ల ధూళితో.

आज्येनwith ghee
आज्येन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootआज्य
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
पयसाwith milk
पयसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपयस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
दध्नाwith curd
दध्ना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदधि
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
पूर्णाहुत्याwith the full oblation
पूर्णाहुत्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपूर्णाहुति
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
विशेषतःespecially
विशेषतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविशेषतः
वालैःwith hairs (tail-hairs)
वालैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवाल
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
शृङ्गेणwith (its) horn
शृङ्गेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशृङ्ग
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
पादेनwith (its) foot
पादेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपाद
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
सम्भरतिcompletes / furnishes / brings together
सम्भरति:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-भृ
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
इवas if / like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
गौःthe cow
गौः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगो
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
मखम्the sacrifice (yajña)
मखम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमख
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

तुलाधार उवाच

T
Tulādhāra
C
cow (gauḥ)
G
ghee (ājya)
M
milk (payas)
C
curd (dadhī)
P
pūrṇāhuti (full oblation)

Educational Q&A

Ritual efficacy depends on sincere faith and purity of intent, not on showy performance. When a devoted person lacks resources, even the simplest, humble supports of life—symbolized by the cow’s tail-hairs, horn-water, and foot-dust—can ‘complete’ the sacrifice, emphasizing compassion and inner dharma over ostentation.

Tulādhāra explains standards of true yajña: ideally it is completed with proper offerings like ghee, milk, curd, and especially the concluding pūrṇāhuti. Yet he adds that for sincere but poor worshippers, the cow—revered as sustaining life—symbolically supplies what is lacking, underscoring that devotion can sanctify even minimal means.