Shloka 12

Gārhasthya-dharma: Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī-saṃvāda

Householder Duties and Daily Offerings

Devanagari script

सोमाय चाप्युदीच्यां वै वास्तुमध्ये प्रजापते: । धन्वन्तरे: प्रागुदीच्यां प्राच्यां शक्राय माधव

Transliteration

somāya cāpy udīcyāṁ vai vāstumadhye prajāpateḥ | dhanvantareḥ prāgudīcyāṁ prācyāṁ śakrāya mādhava ||

Translation

风神伐由说道：“当于北方献巴利于苏摩；于宅地正中献于生主波阇波提。于东北隅献于檀梵多梨；于东方献于释迦罗（因陀罗），摩陀婆啊。”

Word by Word

• सोमाय: to Soma
• सोमाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• उदीच्याम्: in the northern direction
• उदीच्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदीची
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• वास्तु: of the dwelling/house-site
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास्तु
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रजापतेः: of Prajāpati
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धन्वन्तरेः: of Dhanvantari
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन्वन्तरि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्राक्: to the east (of)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्राक्

• उदीच्याम्: in the northern direction
• उदीच्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदीची
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• प्राच्याम्: in the eastern direction
• प्राच्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राची
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• शक्राय: to Śakra (Indra)
• शक्राय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• माधव: O Mādhava
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Soma
• Prajāpati
• Dhanvantari
• Śakra (Indra)
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Vāstu (dwelling-site/house-space)
• North (udīcī)
• Northeast (īśāna / prāk-udīcī)
• East (prācī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma in household life includes orderly, mindful ritual action: offerings (bali) are to be made in their proper directions to the appropriate deities, expressing reverence and aligning one’s domestic space with cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu instructs Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa) on the correct directional placement of bali offerings within a dwelling-site: Soma to the north, Prajāpati to the center, Dhanvantari to the northeast, and Indra to the east—part of a larger sequence of prescribed offerings.