Shloka 2
Suvarṇa-janma and Dakṣiṇā-Māhātmya
Origin and Supremacy of Gold as Ritual Fee
घृतं मे हृदये नित्यं घृतं नाभ्यां प्रतिष्ठितम् । घृतं सर्वेषु गात्रेषु घृते मे मनसि स्थितम्
ghṛtaṁ me hṛdaye nityaṁ ghṛtaṁ nābhyāṁ pratiṣṭhitam | ghṛtaṁ sarveṣu gātreṣu ghṛte me manasi sthitam ||
Wika ni Vasiṣṭha: “Ang ghee ay laging nananahan sa aking puso; ang ghee ay nakatatag sa aking pusod. Ang ghee ay lumalaganap sa lahat ng aking mga sangkap, at sa ghee nakatuon ang aking isip.”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches internalization of a sacred, life-sustaining substance (ghee, associated with the cow and yajña) as a constant presence in heart, body, and mind—using remembrance (japa) as a means of purification and ethical self-regulation.
Vasiṣṭha instructs a king on a daily recitation performed after morning and evening ācamana. The recitation invokes the sanctity of cows and their gifts, asserting ghee’s presence within oneself as part of a practice believed to cleanse the day’s moral faults.