Shloka 3
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Grief, Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation, and Vyāsa’s Admonition (युधिष्ठिरशोक-निवारणोपदेशः)
यजस्व विविधैर्यज्ञैर्बहुभि: स्वाप्तदक्षिणै: । देवांस्तर्पय सोमेन स्वधया च पितृनपि,“इसलिये आप बड़ी-बड़ी दक्षिणावाले नाना प्रकारके यज्ञोंका अनुष्ठान कीजिये और सोमरसके द्वारा देवताओं तथा स्वधाद्वारा पितरोंको तृप्त कीजिये
yajasva vividhair yajñair bahubhiḥ svāptadakṣiṇaiḥ | devāṁs tarpay somena svadhayā ca pitṝn api ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśaṃpāyana: “Kaya nga, magsagawa ka ng maraming uri ng paghahandog (yajña), na sagana sa nararapat na dakṣiṇā at mga kaloob. Sa pamamagitan ng Soma, bigyang-kasiyahan ang mga deva; at sa pamamagitan ng alay na svadhā, bigyang-kasiyahan din ang mga ninuno.” Ipinapakita ng payo na ang matuwid na paghahari ay pinatatatag ng tungkuling may kapalit—paggalang sa mga diyos at sa mga ninuno sa pamamagitan ng maayos na ritwal at bukas-palad na pagbibigay.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches reciprocal dharma: a ruler (or householder) sustains cosmic and social order by performing well-appointed sacrifices, giving proper dakṣiṇā, and honoring both gods (through Soma offerings) and ancestors (through svadhā rites).
Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates an instruction urging the performance of multiple, properly funded sacrifices, emphasizing the traditional twofold obligation—propitiating the devas and the pitṛs—so that prosperity and legitimacy are maintained through dharmic ritual action.