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Shloka 161

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

अग्निमित्येव तत्‌ प्राहु: प्रदानं च सुखावहम्‌ । यथेष्टगुणसंवृत्तं प्रवर्तकमिति स्मृतम्‌

agnim ity eva tat prāhuḥ pradānaṃ ca sukhāvaham | yatheṣṭa-guṇa-saṃvṛttaṃ pravartakam iti smṛtam ||

วสิษฐะกล่าวว่า “ทานนี้แลเรียกว่า ‘อัคนี’ (ไฟ) และการถวายทานนี้ย่อมนำสุขมาให้ เป็นที่จดจำว่า เมื่อประกอบด้วยคุณความดีตามที่ผู้ให้ปรารถนาแล้ว ย่อมปลุกเร้าความใคร่ในการให้ทาน ก่อให้เกิดบุญและเกียรติยศตามเจตนานั้น”

अग्निम्fire (as the object named)
अग्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
तत्that (thing)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्राहुःthey said/call
प्राहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + अह्
FormPerfect, Third, Plural
प्रदानम्gift; giving
प्रदानम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रदान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सुखावहम्bringing happiness
सुखावहम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसुख-आवह
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
यथाas/according to
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
इष्टdesired; wished-for
इष्ट:
TypeAdjective
Rootइष्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
गुणquality/merit
गुण:
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
संवृत्तम्produced/come about; resulting
संवृत्तम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + वृत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्रवर्तकम्promoter/causer; instigator
प्रवर्तकम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्र + वृत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
स्मृतम्is remembered/considered
स्मृतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ
FormPast participle (passive), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

वसिष्ठ उवाच

V
Vasiṣṭha
A
Agni

Educational Q&A

Charity (pradāna/dāna) is praised as ‘Agni’—a sacred, energizing force. Giving brings happiness and is said to kindle further generosity, producing merit and good results in accordance with one’s intention and cultivated virtues.

In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Vasiṣṭha speaks as a teacher, defining the spiritual power of giving. He frames donation as a fire-like principle that activates the impulse to give and yields auspicious outcomes.