Shloka 16
Teaching on Karma-yoga
Discipline of Action as Worship
अग्न्यागारे गवां गोष्ठे होमे तप्ये तथैव च । स्वाध्याये भोजने नित्यं ब्राह्मणानां च सन्निधौ
agnyāgāre gavāṃ goṣṭhe home tapye tathaiva ca | svādhyāye bhojane nityaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca sannidhau
آگنی آگار (آگ کے گھر) میں، گایوں کے باڑے میں، ہوم اور تپسیا کے وقت بھی؛ سوادھیائے اور کھانے کے وقت—ہمیشہ، اور برہمنوں کی موجودگی میں بھی—مناسب آچار اور ضبط قائم رکھنا چاہیے۔
Unspecified (contextual narrator/instructor within Svarga-khaṇḍa)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
Sandhi Resolution Notes: agnyāgāre → agni-āgāre; tathaiva → tathā eva.
FAQs
It lists the fire-house, cowshed, times of homa (oblations), austerity, Vedic study, meals, and especially the presence of Brahmins as contexts where one should be particularly disciplined.
Both are treated as sanctified spaces: the cow is revered and protected, and fire is central to domestic and sacrificial rites; hence speech and behavior there are expected to be pure and respectful.
It teaches consistent mindfulness—maintaining purity of conduct, speech, and attitude in sacred or socially revered contexts, not only during rituals but also in everyday acts like eating.