उपदेशदोषप्रसङ्गः (Upadeśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Risk of Misapplied Counsel
यथोपदिष्ट मेधावी दर्भा्यादि यथातथम् | हव्यकव्यविधिं कृत्स्नमुक्तं तेन तपस्विना,बुद्धिमान् शूद्रने कुश, अर्घ्ध आदि तथा हव्य-कव्यकी विधि--सब कुछ उन तपस्वी मुनिके उपदेशके अनुसार ठीक-ठीक किया
yathopadiṣṭa medhāvī darbhyādi yathātatham | havyakavyavidhiṁ kṛtsnam uktaṁ tena tapasvinā ||
毗湿摩说道:“那位智者完全依照所受教诲而行——从达尔婆草等诸般所需之物开始——将献给诸天的供献(havis)与献给祖灵的供献(kavya)之全部仪轨,悉皆如那位苦行者所传授般一一完成。”
भीष्म उवाच
That ritual duty (dharma) should be performed precisely according to competent instruction: correctness in method—materials like darbha and the full havya–kavya procedure—reflects discipline, reverence, and ethical seriousness toward gods and ancestors.
Bhishma describes a person (the ‘medhāvī’) executing the complete set of rites for divine and ancestral offerings exactly as an ascetic teacher had prescribed, emphasizing faithful adherence to the taught ritual protocol.