Shloka 7
Gārhasthya-dharma: Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī-saṃvāda
Householder Duties and Daily Offerings
तेन ह्ूषिगणा: प्रीता भवन्ति मधुसूदन । नित्यमग्निं परिचरेदभुक्त्वा बलिकर्म च
vāyudeva uvāca | tena ṛṣigaṇāḥ prītā bhavanti madhusūdana | nityam agniṁ paricared abhuktvā balikarma ca | payomūlaphalair vāpi pitṝṇāṁ prītim āharan |
Sinabi ni Vāyudeva: “Sa pamamagitan ng ganyang pagsasagawa, O Madhusūdana, nalulugod ang mga pangkat ng mga rishi. Araw-araw, bago kumain, nararapat alagaan ang banal na apoy (agnihotra) at isagawa ang mga handog na ritwal (bali/vaishvadeva) ayon sa tuntunin. Sa gayon, nasisiyahan ang mga diyos. At upang mapayapa ang mga ninuno (pitṛ), dapat araw-araw magsagawa ng śrāddha, na may handog na pagkain, tubig, gatas, o mga prutas at ugat.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the discipline of daily dharma: study and sacred recitation please the ṛṣis; tending the sacred fire and performing bali/vaishvadeva before eating sustains one’s duty toward the gods; and regular offerings (food, water, milk, fruits/roots) maintain gratitude and obligation toward the ancestors (Pitṛs).
Vāyudeva addresses Kṛṣṇa (Madhusūdana) and outlines practical household observances—agni-service, bali offerings, and ancestor-satisfying rites—framing them as daily acts that uphold cosmic and social order by honoring seers, gods, and forebears.