Shloka 95
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
ते चोज्छवृत्तये राजन् मया समपवर्जिते । यथाविधि यथाश्रद्धं तदस्याहं पुन: प्रभो
te cocchavṛttaye rājan mayā samapavarjite | yathāvidhi yathāśraddhaṃ tadasyāhaṃ punaḥ prabho ||
اے راجَن! میں نے وہ گائیں اُچّھ وِرتّی سے گزر بسر کرنے والے برہمن کے لیے الگ مقرر کی تھیں اور رسم کے مطابق اور پوری عقیدت کے ساتھ دان کی تھیں۔ اے پرَبھُو! اسی گودان کا پھل میں اب پھر اسے واپس کرنا چاہتا ہوں۔
विरूप उवाच
Educational Q&A
Merit (puṇya) from charity is grounded in right procedure (yathāvidhi) and sincere faith (yathāśraddham), and the ethical focus is on supporting austere, deserving recipients—here, a Brahmin living by ucchavṛtti—rather than on personal gain.
Virūpa recounts that he performed a purificatory meritorious act by gifting (godāna) properly and faithfully to an austere Brahmin, and he expresses the intention that the fruit of that donation should be returned/assigned back to the recipient—emphasizing the transfer and direction of merit.