Shloka 44
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
ये त्वस्मान् प्रीणयित्वा तु भुञ्जते शेषमात्मना ।
तेषां पुण्यान् वयं लोकान् विदधाम महात्मनाम् ॥
ye tv asmān prīṇayitvā tu bhuñjate śeṣam ātmanā | teṣāṃ puṇyān vayaṃ lokān vidadhāma mahātmanām ||
Nhưng những ai trước hết làm chúng ta hoan hỷ, rồi mới thọ dụng phần còn lại cho mình—đối với các bậc đại tâm ấy, chúng ta ban cho những cõi giới công đức.
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FAQs
The verse encodes the Purāṇic ethic of reciprocity: offering before consumption disciplines desire and aligns the householder with cosmic order; merit is portrayed as a relational outcome, not merely private accumulation.
Falls under dharma instruction within vaṃśānucarita-style narration; it is not itself genealogical or cosmogenic, but supports Purāṇic dharma as the practical spine of the text.
‘Eating the remainder’ after offering signifies subordinating the ego to the divine principle; the ‘puṇya-lokas’ indicate an inner ascent of consciousness mirrored as post-mortem realms.