Shloka 74
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
यस्य यज्ञे महानासीद् यूप: श्रीमान् हिरण्मय: । त॑ देवा: कर्म कुर्वाणा: शक्रज्येष्ठा उपाश्रयन्
yasya yajñe mahān āsīd yūpaḥ śrīmān hiraṇmayaḥ | taṃ devāḥ karma kurvāṇāḥ śakrajyeṣṭhā upāśrayan |
在他的祭祀中，立着一根宏伟高耸的祭柱（yūpa），光辉灿然，通体黄金。诸神行祭之时，以因陀罗为首，常常依止于这根祭柱，将其视为仪式的中枢与圣轴。
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the sanctity and centrality of properly established ritual supports: when a sacrifice is conducted with due splendor and correctness, even the gods—led by Indra—are portrayed as relying upon its consecrated center (the yūpa). Ethically, it underscores disciplined action (karma) aligned with dharma as a stabilizing force that sustains cosmic and social order.
Vāyudeva describes a particular sacrificer whose yajña featured an immense, radiant golden yūpa. As the rites proceed, the gods, with Indra foremost, are said to resort to that yūpa—indicating their participation/approval and the yūpa’s role as the ritual axis around which the sacrificial actions are organized.