Shloka 6

Gārhasthya-dharma: Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī-saṃvāda

Householder Duties and Daily Offerings

Devanagari script

सदा यज्ञेन देवाश्व सदा55तिथ्येन मानुषा: । छन्‍्दतश्न यथा नित्यमर्हान्‌ भुञज्जीत नित्यश:

Transliteration

sadā yajñena devāś ca sadātithyena mānuṣāḥ | chandasā ca yathā nityam arhān bhuñjīta nityaśaḥ ||

Translation

风神说道：“当日日以祭祀敬奉诸天，以待客之礼敬奉世人。同样，常诵常学吠陀圣颂，当如法礼敬一切应受尊崇者——尤以可敬的仙圣为最。唯有完成这些每日的供奉与恭敬之事后，方可进食。”

Word by Word

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• यज्ञेन: by/through sacrifice
• यज्ञेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• आतिथ्येन: by hospitality (to guests)
• आतिथ्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आतिथ्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मानुषाः: men/humans
• मानुषाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• छन्दतः: according to the Veda (as per the sacred meter/authority)
• छन्दतः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: छन्दस्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

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

• यथा: as/according as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• नित्यम्: always, regularly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• अर्हान्: the worthy (persons)
• अर्हान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्ह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भुञ्जीत: should feed/should partake (after honoring)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नित्यशः: daily, regularly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यशस्

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Devas (gods)
• Atithi (guest)
• Chandas/Veda (Vedic hymns/meters)
• Arhāḥ (worthy persons, e.g., ṛṣis)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches a daily ethical order: worship the gods through yajña, serve people through hospitality, and honor the Veda and the worthy (especially sages) through regular study and reverence; only after these duties should one eat.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing on proper conduct (ācāra) and daily discipline, emphasizing that eating is to be preceded by acts of offering, hospitality, and reverence—placing personal consumption after dharmic obligations.