Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
देवस्य च गुहस्यापि देव्या नन्दी श्वरस्य च । बलिं सुविहितं कृत्वा दमेन नियमेन च
devasya ca guhasyāpi devyā nandīśvarasya ca | baliṁ suvihitaṁ kṛtvā damena niyamena ca
毗湿摩说:“当依仪轨备办并奉献规定之供献(bali),亦献于神祇鸠诃(Guha),并献于女神(Devī)与难提湿伐罗(Nandīśvara)之后,当以自制与戒律而行。”
भीष्म उवाच
Proper worship and ethical practice must go together: ritual offerings (bali) are to be performed correctly, and one’s conduct should be governed by dama (self-restraint) and niyama (disciplined observance).
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he describes a prescribed sequence of honoring specific deities—Guha, the Goddess, and Nandīśvara—through duly arranged offerings, emphasizing that the practitioner should maintain restraint and disciplined practice while undertaking the rite.