Shloka 5
Dāna-Śreṣṭhatā: Abhaya, Anugraha, and the Ethics of Honoring the Worthy (दानश्रेष्ठता: अभय-अनुग्रह-विप्रपूजा)
तैलाभ्यक्तस्य गमनं भोजनं च गृहे मम । समुपानीय विविध॑ यद् दग्ध॑ जातवेदसा
tailābhyaktasya gamanaṁ bhojanaṁ ca gṛhe mama | samupānīya vividhaṁ yad dagdhaṁ jātavedasā ||
کوشِک نے کہا—میرے گھر میں جسے تیل سے مَسح کیا گیا ہو، اسے ساتھ لے جا کر کھانا کھلایا جاتا ہے؛ اور طرح طرح کے نذرانے بھی لا کر پیش کیے جاتے ہیں—وہ جو جاتَویدَس (مقدس آگ) میں پکا کر تیار کیے گئے ہوں۔
कुशिक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds dharma as expressed through disciplined hospitality and ritual propriety: one should honor and care for the person prepared/received with oil-anointing, and offer food properly cooked in the sacred fire—linking ethical conduct (care for others) with sanctified, orderly practice.
Kuśika describes the expected procedure in his household: an oiled/anointed person is to be conducted and fed, and assorted offerings are to be brought and presented, specifically those prepared through Agni (Jātavedas), indicating a formal, rite-inflected setting of reception and offering.