Shloka 11

Gārhasthya-dharma: Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī-saṃvāda

Householder Duties and Daily Offerings

Devanagari script

तथैव चानुपूर्व्येण बलिकर्म प्रयोजयेत्‌ । दक्षिणायां यमायेति प्रतीच्यां वरुणाय च

Transliteration

tathaiva cānupūrvyena balikarma prayojayet | dakṣiṇāyāṃ yamāyeti pratīcyāṃ varuṇāya ca |

Translation

Vāyu nói: “Cũng như thế, hãy cử hành lễ bali theo đúng thứ tự—dâng cho Yama ở phương Nam và cho Varuṇa ở phương Tây.” Lời dạy đặt hành vi nghi lễ vào một vũ trụ đạo lý có trật tự: thủ tục nghiêm cẩn và lòng kính trọng đối với các vị hộ phương nâng đỡ dharma của gia đình và sự an hòa của xã hội.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अनुपूर्व्येण: in due order, sequentially
• अनुपूर्व्येण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुपूर्व्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• बलिकर्म: the act/rite of offering (bali-rite)
• बलिकर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलिकर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रयोजयेत्: should perform/should employ
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रयुज् (प्र + युज्)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दक्षिणायाम्: in the southern (direction)
• दक्षिणायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• यमाय: to Yama
• यमाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• इति: thus (as said)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रतीच्याम्: in the western (direction)
• प्रतीच्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतीची
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• वरुणाय: to Varuṇa
• वरुणाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Yama
• Varuṇa
• dakṣiṇā (south)
• pratīcī (west)
• balikarma (bali offering)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual duty should be performed with orderly sequence (anupūrvyā), acknowledging the directional guardians; disciplined procedure and reverence are presented as supports of dharma and moral-cosmic harmony.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is instructing how to conduct the bali-offering rite by assigning offerings to specific deities according to direction—here specifying Yama for the south and Varuṇa for the west.