Shloka 148
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
अग्न्यभावे च कुरुते वह्निस्थानेषु काउ्चनम् | जामदग्न्य प्रमाणज्ञो वेदश्रुतिनिदर्शनात्,जमदग्निनन्दन परशुराम! वेद-प्रमाणका ज्ञाता पुरुष वैदिक श्रुतिके दृष्टान्तके अनुसार अग्निके अभावमें उसके स्थानपर सुवर्णका उपयोग करता है
agnyabhāve ca kurute vahnistāneṣu kāñcanam | jāmadagnyaḥ pramāṇajño vedaśrutinidarśanāt ||
วสิษฐะกล่าวว่า “เมื่อหาไฟมิได้ ผู้รู้หลักฐานอันชอบ (ปรมาณะ) ตามที่แสดงไว้ในศรุติแห่งพระเวท ย่อมใช้ทองคำแทนในสถานที่ซึ่งควรมีไฟได้ โอ้ ปรศุรามะ โอรสแห่งชามทัคนี”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma and ritual duty are guided by Vedic authority; when the primary requirement (fire) is genuinely unavailable, one may use an approved substitute (gold) as supported by śruti-based precedent, preserving the intent of the rite rather than abandoning it.
Vasiṣṭha addresses Paraśurāma (Jāmadagnya), citing a Vedic-style example: in the absence of fire, gold may be used in the ritual context where fire would normally be employed, demonstrating how learned authorities apply śruti-backed alternatives under constraint.