Shloka 5
Śrāddha-Kalpa: Pitṛ-Pūjā and Tithi-Phala (श्राद्धकल्पः पितृपूजा च तिथिफलम्)
वेदोपनिषदश्वैव सर्वकर्मसु दक्षिणा: । सर्वक्रतुषु चोद्दिष्टं भूमिगावो5थ काउचनम्,वेद और उपनिषदोंने भी प्रत्येक कर्ममें दक्षिणाका विधान किया है। सभी यज्ञोंमें भूमि, गौ और सुवर्णकी दक्षिणा बतायी गयी है
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
vedopaniṣadaś caiva sarvakarmasu dakṣiṇāḥ |
sarvakratuṣu coddiṣṭaṃ bhūmi-gāvo 'tha kāñcanam ||
Wika ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “Maging ang mga Veda at mga Upaniṣad ay nagtatakda ng dakṣiṇā para sa bawat ritwal. At sa lahat ng paghahandog (yajña), malinaw na iniuutos na ang lupa, mga baka, at ginto ang ibigay bilang handog na bayad sa mga pari.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual action is not complete without ethical giving: the tradition authoritatively links sacrifice with dakṣiṇā, emphasizing that offerings to priests and support of sacred work—especially through land, cows, and gold—are a dharmic obligation rather than an optional add-on.
Yudhiṣṭhira is speaking within the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, invoking Vedic and Upaniṣadic authority to clarify what kinds of gifts are prescribed as dakṣiṇā across sacrificial rites.