Shloka 38
तीर्थवंशोपदेशः
Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters
इसी तरह जब ब्राह्मणके यहाँ देवकार्य होता हो, तब उसमें *कारसहित पुण्याहवाचनका विधान है (अर्थात् 'पुण्याहं भवन्तो ब्रुवन्तु--आपलोग पुण्याहवाचन करें' ऐसा यजमानके कहनेपर ब्राह्मणोंको “३० पुण्याहम् ३» पुण्याहम्” इस प्रकार कहना चाहिये)। यही वाक्य क्षत्रियके यहाँ बिना *कारके उच्चारण करना चाहिये ।।
bhīṣma uvāca | evaṃ yadā brāhmaṇasya gṛhe devakāryaṃ bhavati tadā tatra sakāraṃ puṇyāhavācanasya vidhir asti (yajamāne vadati—“puṇyāhaṃ bhavanto bruvantu” iti; brāhmaṇaiḥ “puṇyāham, puṇyāham” iti vaktavyam) | kṣatriyasya tu gṛhe tad eva vākyaṃ akāraṃ vinā uccāraṇīyam || vaiśyasya daive vaktavyaṃ—“prīyantāṃ devatāḥ” iti | karmaṇām ānupūrvyeṇa vidhipūrvaṃ kṛtaṃ śṛṇu ||
毗湿摩说道：“同样地，当婆罗门在家中为诸天举行神事时，应依仪轨加上规定的语助词，宣告‘吉祥日（puṇyāha）’；当施主请求：‘请诸位尊者宣告吉祥之日’时，婆罗门们应答：‘吉祥哉，吉祥哉。’在刹帝利之家，则当去掉那语助词而诵同一公式。至于吠舍的神事，应诵：‘愿诸天欢喜。’如今且按次第聆听：关于三种社会阶序之职责，如何依律而行的正当程序。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual speech is part of dharma: the same divine rite begins with prescribed auspicious proclamations, and Bhishma emphasizes that correct formulae and sequence (vidhi, ānupūrvya) matter, with minor variations according to the patron’s varna.
In Bhishma’s instruction on conduct (Anushasana Parva), he details how householders should commence deity-rites: what the patron says, how Brahmins respond with ‘puṇyāham,’ how the Kshatriya usage differs, and what benediction is used in a Vaishya’s rite, before moving on to the ordered procedures for the three varnas.