Shloka 44
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
ये त्वस्मान् प्रीणयित्वा तु भुञ्जते शेषमात्मना ।
तेषां पुण्यान् वयं लोकान् विदधाम महात्मनाम् ॥
ye tv asmān prīṇayitvā tu bhuñjate śeṣam ātmanā | teṣāṃ puṇyān vayaṃ lokān vidadhāma mahātmanām ||
لیکن جو پہلے ہمیں راضی کرتے ہیں اور پھر جو بچ رہے وہ خود تناول کرتے ہیں—ایسے عظیم النفسوں کو ہم ثواب کے عالَم عطا کرتے ہیں۔
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FAQs
The verse encodes the Purāṇic ethic of reciprocity: offering before consumption disciplines desire and aligns the householder with cosmic order; merit is portrayed as a relational outcome, not merely private accumulation.
Falls under dharma instruction within vaṃśānucarita-style narration; it is not itself genealogical or cosmogenic, but supports Purāṇic dharma as the practical spine of the text.
‘Eating the remainder’ after offering signifies subordinating the ego to the divine principle; the ‘puṇya-lokas’ indicate an inner ascent of consciousness mirrored as post-mortem realms.