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Shloka 120

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

तदनन्तर लोकपितामह लोकगुरु ब्रह्माजीने कहा--“ये सब मेरी ही संतानें हैं; क्योंकि मेरे ही वीर्यकी आहुति दी गयी है; जिससे इनकी उत्पत्ति हुई है ।।

ahaṁ kartā hi satrasya hotā śukrasya caiva ha | yasya bījaṁ phalaṁ tasya śukra cet kāraṇaṁ matam ||

وسِشٹھ نے کہا—اس سَتر یَجْن کا کرتّا میں ہی ہوں، اور شُکر (بیج/منی) کی آہوتی چڑھانے والا ہوتَا بھی میں ہی ہوں۔ جس کا بیج ہو، پھل بھی اسی کا ہوتا ہے۔ اگر پیدائش میں شُکر ہی کو سببِ فیصلہ کن مانا جائے تو یقیناً یہ میرے بیٹے ہیں—اس میں مزید بحث کی گنجائش نہیں۔

अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formcommon, nominative, singular
कर्ताdoer, performer
कर्ता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकर्तृ
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
सत्रस्यof the sacrificial session (sattra)
सत्रस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootसत्र
Formneuter, genitive, singular
होताHotṛ priest, offerer
होता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
शुक्रस्यof semen
शुक्रस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootशुक्र
Formneuter, genitive, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवjust, indeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
indeed (emphatic particle)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यस्यwhose, of whom/which
यस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, singular
बीजम्seed
बीजम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबीज
Formneuter, nominative, singular
फलम्fruit, result
फलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootफल
Formneuter, nominative, singular
तस्यof him/that
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, singular
शुक्रम्semen
शुक्रम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशुक्र
Formneuter, nominative, singular
चेत्if
चेत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत्
कारणम्cause
कारणम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकारण
Formneuter, nominative, singular
मतम्considered, held (as)
मतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमत
Formneuter, nominative, singular

वसिष्ठ उवाच

वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)

Educational Q&A

The verse argues a principle of causality and moral-ritual agency: if generative seed is treated as the primary cause of birth, then the one who provides/“offers” that seed is entitled to the resulting ‘fruit’ (offspring). It frames parenthood as linked to causal contribution and responsibility.

Vasiṣṭha presents a reasoned claim about parentage using sacrificial imagery: he identifies himself as the agent of the rite and the offerer of seed, then concludes that the offspring should be attributed to the seed-giver if seed is accepted as the determining cause.