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Shloka 90

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

मूर्तिमन्ति च सामानि यजूंषि च सहस्रश: । ऋग्वेदश्वागमत्‌ तत्र पदक्रमविभूषित:

mūrtimanti ca sāmāni yajūṃṣi ca sahasraśaḥ | ṛgvedaś cāgamat tatra padakramavibhūṣitaḥ ||

Vasiṣṭha nói: “Tại đó, các bài tụng Sāman hiện ra trong hình thể hữu hình, và hàng ngàn hàng vạn công thức Yajus cũng vậy. Ṛgveda cũng đến nơi ấy, rực rỡ với các phép tụng niệm theo từng từ và theo trình tự (pada và krama).”

मूर्तिमन्तिembodied, having form
मूर्तिमन्ति:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमूर्तिमत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सामानिSāman chants (Sāmaveda hymns)
सामानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसामन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
यजूंषिYajus formulas (Yajurveda mantras)
यजूंषि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयजुस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सहस्रशःby the thousand; in thousands
सहस्रशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहस्रशस्
ऋग्वेदःthe Ṛgveda
ऋग्वेदः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootऋग्वेद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
also
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आगमत्came; arrived
आगमत्:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-गम्
FormAorist (simple past), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
पदक्रमविभूषितःadorned with pada- and krama- (recitation) order
पदक्रमविभूषितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपद-क्रम-विभूषित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वसिष्ठ उवाच

V
Vasiṣṭha
S
Sāman (Sāmaveda hymns)
Y
Yajus (Yajurveda formulas)
Ṛgveda
P
pada-pāṭha
K
krama-pāṭha

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights that dharma is sustained by honoring the Vedas and preserving their precise recitation traditions; sacred knowledge is not merely text but a living, authoritative presence when upheld with discipline and reverence.

Vasiṣṭha describes a grand sacrificial gathering where the Vedic corpora themselves—Sāman chants, Yajus formulas, and the Ṛgveda—are depicted as arriving in person, with the Ṛgveda distinguished by formal recitation methods (pada and krama).