याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच । नाहं यास्यामि तद्धर्म्ये शांत्यर्थं द्विजपुंगव । अनादरेण दृष्टोऽहं नाशीर्मे च समाहृता
yājñavalkya uvāca | nāhaṃ yāsyāmi taddharmye śāṃtyarthaṃ dvijapuṃgava | anādareṇa dṛṣṭo'haṃ nāśīrme ca samāhṛtā
یاج्ञولکیہ نے کہا: “اے برہمنوں کے سردار! میں شانتی کے اس دھارمک کام کے لیے وہاں نہیں جاؤں گا۔ مجھے بے ادبی سے دیکھا گیا اور میری خاطر کوئی تعظیم و نذر پیش نہ کی گئی۔”
Yājñavalkya
Listener: Śākalya (addressed as dvijapuṅgava)
Scene: Yājñavalkya, dignified and firm, refuses to go for the pacification rite, stating he was treated with disrespect and not offered due honors.
Dharma requires honoring the worthy; ritual efficacy is tied to proper respect and right conduct toward spiritual persons.
No tīrtha name appears in this verse; it is part of a broader tīrtha-māhātmya storyline in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
A śānti rite is mentioned, along with the ethical prerequisite of honoring the officiant (āśīr/welcome and respect).
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