Shloka 10
Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)
यथाशक्त्या भगवता तदन्नं समुपार्जितम् | तस्मिन् सत्रे तु यद् वृत्तं यद् योग्यं च तदाभवत्
vaiśampāyana uvāca | yathāśaktyā bhagavatā tad annaṃ samupārjitam | tasmin satre tu yad vṛttaṃ yad yogyaṃ ca tadābhavat |
Wika ni Vaiśampāyana: Ang kagalang-galang na muni ay nagtipon ng dalisay na mga pagkain para sa sagradong pagtitipong handog na iyon, ayon sa abot ng kanyang makakaya. At sa ritong iyon, ang naganap ay yaong ganap na nararapat at wasto—ang mga pangyayari’y umunlad ayon sa sariling kaayusan at karapat-dapat na bunga ng ritwal.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes dharmic proportionality: one should undertake sacred duties and charitable/ritual responsibilities according to one’s capacity (yathāśaktyā), with purity of means. When actions are aligned with propriety and right order, outcomes tend to be ‘yogya’—fitting to the moral and ritual context.
Vaiśampāyana reports that the revered sage (understood in context as Agastya) procured pure provisions for a sacrificial session. During that satra, events unfolded in a manner appropriate to the rite—nothing improper or out of place occurred; the sacrifice proceeded as it ought to.