Shloka 41
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
ये नास्माकं प्रयच्छन्ति नित्यनैमित्तकीः क्रियाः ।
क्रतुभागं दुरात्मानः स्वयञ्चाश्नन्ति लोलुपाः ॥
ye nāsmākaṃ prayacchanti nityanaimittakīḥ kriyāḥ |
kratubhāgaṃ durātmānaḥ svayaṃ cāśnanti lolupāḥ ||
جو لوگ ہمیں نِتّیہ اور نَیمِتّک فرائض کی لازمی نذر پیش نہیں کرتے—وہ بدکار، لالچی لوگ یَجْن کا حصّہ اپنے ہی لیے کھا جاتے ہیں۔
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FAQs
The verse treats neglect of obligatory rites as a form of misappropriation—taking benefits (food/wealth) while refusing the due return (offerings). It condemns this as greed and moral corruption, not merely ritual omission.
Falls under Dharma/ācāra instruction within the Purāṇic teaching mode; it supports the social-ethical infrastructure that Purāṇas often weave alongside sarga/manvantara narratives.
‘Eating the sacrificial share oneself’ symbolizes egoic consumption of life-energy without offering it back to the higher principle—leading to inner imbalance and eventual ‘pollution’ of one’s elements (expanded in the next verse).