Shloka 20
Kāma–Mamatā–Upadeśa
Discourse on Desire, Possessiveness, and Ritual Duty
यजस्व वाजिमेधेन विधिवद् दक्षिणावता । अन्यैश्न विविधैर्यज्जै: समृद्धैराप्तदक्षिणै:
yajasva vājimedhena vidhivad dakṣiṇāvatā | anyaiś ca vividhair yajñaiḥ samṛddhair āptadakṣiṇaiḥ ||
دستور کے مطابق دکشناؤں سمیت اشومیدھ یَجْی کیجیے؛ اور دیگر بھی طرح طرح کے یَجْی کیجیے—جو خوب سامان سے آراستہ ہوں اور جن میں مناسب دکشنا دی گئی ہو۔
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual action must be aligned with dharma: it should be performed correctly (vidhivat) and completed with generosity (dakṣiṇā). The verse emphasizes that religious merit and social righteousness depend not only on the rite itself but also on honoring those who sustain it through proper gifts.
Vāyu instructs the listener (implicitly a royal agent in the Aśvamedhika context) to undertake the Aśvamedha and additional sacrifices, stressing both procedural correctness and the ethical obligation of providing due dakṣiṇā, indicating a program of post-war royal consolidation through dharmic rites.