Shloka 5
Śrāddha-Kalpa: Pitṛ-Pūjā and Tithi-Phala (श्राद्धकल्पः पितृपूजा च तिथिफलम्)
वेदोपनिषदश्वैव सर्वकर्मसु दक्षिणा: । सर्वक्रतुषु चोद्दिष्टं भूमिगावो5थ काउचनम्,वेद और उपनिषदोंने भी प्रत्येक कर्ममें दक्षिणाका विधान किया है। सभी यज्ञोंमें भूमि, गौ और सुवर्णकी दक्षिणा बतायी गयी है
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
vedopaniṣadaś caiva sarvakarmasu dakṣiṇāḥ |
sarvakratuṣu coddiṣṭaṃ bhūmi-gāvo 'tha kāñcanam ||
Yudhiṣṭhira thưa: “Chính các Veda và Upaniṣad cũng quy định dakṣiṇā—lễ vật tạ ơn—cho mọi nghi lễ. Và trong mọi tế lễ, đều minh định rằng phải dâng đất đai, bò và vàng làm lễ phí cho tư tế.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual action is not complete without ethical giving: the tradition authoritatively links sacrifice with dakṣiṇā, emphasizing that offerings to priests and support of sacred work—especially through land, cows, and gold—are a dharmic obligation rather than an optional add-on.
Yudhiṣṭhira is speaking within the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, invoking Vedic and Upaniṣadic authority to clarify what kinds of gifts are prescribed as dakṣiṇā across sacrificial rites.