Shloka 25
Vidurā–Putra Saṃvāda: Utsāha, Kīrti, and Kṣātra Resolve
Udyoga-parva 131
नित्यं स्वाहा स्वधा नित्यं दद्युर्मानुषदेवता: । दीर्घमायुर्धन॑ पुत्रान् सम्यगाराधिता: शुभा:
nityaṃ svāhā svadhā nityaṃ dadyur mānuṣadevatāḥ | dīrgham āyur dhanaṃ putrān samyag ārādhitāḥ śubhāḥ ||
Vāyu nói: “Họ luôn cất lời ‘svāhā’, luôn cất lời ‘svadhā’. Những thần linh hiền thiện trông coi việc người đời, khi được thờ phụng đúng phép, ban phúc nhắm đến những trụ cột của đời sống theo dharma: thọ mạng lâu dài, phú quý và con trai.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Proper worship and ritual duty—especially the twin obligations of offerings to gods (svāhā) and to ancestors (svadhā)—sustain dharmic life and are traditionally associated with blessings such as longevity, prosperity, and continuity of lineage.
Vāyu is speaking about the results of correct propitiation: benevolent divine powers connected with human welfare, when duly honored, grant boons oriented toward auspicious worldly stability—life, wealth, and offspring—framing ritual observance as ethically meaningful support for household order.