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In the same way, those born in noble families, possessing a splendor like fire, remain forgiving and unassuming, resting like the fire in the wood. T...
One should not approach with empty hands: the sacred fire, one's home, a field, a pregnant woman, the elderly and a child, a king, a deity, and a guru...
Agnihotra sacrifice, the three Vedas, the triple staff, and smearing ash—these are the livelihood for those who lack intelligence and enterprise, says...
The fruit of the Vedas is the fire-sacrifice. The fruit of learning is good character. The fruit of a wife is pleasure and sons. The fruit of wealth i...
The agnihotra sacrifice, one's studies, and all other actions like charity become fruitless for him whose speech is baseless. This verse teaches that...
For Brahmins, the divine is in the agnihotra fire. For the wise, it is in the heart. For those of little intellect, it is in idols. For those who have...
Just as for fire, its association and dissociation with wood has no cause other than the unseen (fate), so too for a living being, the cause of its un...
For the ritualists, the divine is in the fire. For the wise, in heaven. For those of little intellect, in idols. For yogis, Hari (Vishnu) is in the he...
That which is burnt in a fire, sunk in water, or stolen by thieves and kings—all that is called 'charity', provided one does not complain with helples...
O best of the twice-born, just as cotton is burnt up upon reaching a fire, so too is all sin of one who has bathed in the Ganga shaken off. This is a...
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