Shloka 39
Gārhasthya-Śreṣṭhatā and Kṣatriya-Daṇḍadhāraṇa
Householder Primacy and the Royal Duty of Punishment
त्वं गत्वा बाहुदां शीघ्र तर्पयस्व यथाविधि । देवानृषीन् पितृश्चैवं मा चाधर्मे मनः कृथा:
tvaṃ gatvā bāhudāṃ śīghra tarpayasva yathāvidhi | devān ṛṣīn pitṝṃś caivaṃ mā cādharme manaḥ kṛthāḥ ||
你当速往婆呼陀（Bāhudā），依仪轨如法行供献（tarpaṇa）。如此敬奉诸天、诸仙与祖灵——切莫让你的心倾向不义（adharma）。
शंख उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should promptly perform prescribed duties—especially offerings that honor gods, sages, and ancestors—and guard the mind from drifting into adharma; ethical steadiness is reinforced through disciplined, rule-based action.
Śaṅkha instructs the listener to go quickly to Bāhudā and carry out ritual satisfactions (tarpaṇa) in the proper manner, explicitly naming the recipients—devas, ṛṣis, and pitṛs—while warning against any inward turn toward unrighteous intent.