Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.4.8
यज्ञवास्तुगतं सर्वमुच्छिष्टमृषय: क्वचित् ।
चक्रुर्हि भागं रुद्राय स देव: सर्वमर्हति ॥ ८ ॥
yajña-vāstu-gataṁ sarvam
[yajna-vaastu-gatam sarvam]
ucchiṣṭam ṛṣayaḥ kvacit
[uchchishtam rishayah kvachit]
cakrur hi bhāgaṁ rudrāya
[chakrur hi bhaagam rudraaya]
sa devaḥ sarvam arhati
[sa devah sarvam arhati]
Word-for-word
yajña-vāstu-gatam
—
things belonging to the sacrificial arena
sarvam
—
everything
ucchiṣṭam
—
remnants
ṛṣayaḥ
—
the great sages
kvacit
—
sometimes, in the Dakṣa-yajña
cakruḥ
—
did so
hi
—
indeed
bhāgam
—
share
rudrāya
—
unto Lord Śiva
saḥ
—
that
devaḥ
—
demigod
sarvam
—
everything
arhati
—
deserves.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yajña-vāstu-gataṁ sarvam
yajña-vāstu-gatam
things belonging to the sacrificial arena
sarvam
everything
ucchiṣṭam ṛṣayaḥ kvacit
ucchiṣṭam
remnants
ṛṣayaḥ
the great sages
kvacit
sometimes, in the Dakṣa-yajña
cakrur hi bhāgaṁ rudrāya
cakruḥ
did so
hi
indeed
bhāgam
share
rudrāya
unto Lord Śiva
sa devaḥ sarvam arhati
saḥ
that
devaḥ
demigod
sarvam
everything
arhati
deserves.
The father of Nābhāga said: Whatever the great sages sacrificed in the arena of the Dakṣa-yajña, they offered to Lord Śiva as his share. Therefore, everything in the sacrificial arena certainly belongs to Lord Śiva.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
The father of Nābhāga said: The remnants of whatever the great sages sacrificed in the arena of the Dakṣa-yajña are the share of Śiva. But actually everything belongs to him.
The father spoke. Dakṣādhvare uccheṣana-bhāgaḥ vai rudre: in the Dakṣa sacrifice the remnants belong to Śiva. However, everything belongs to him, what to speak of the remnants of the sacrifice.
Personal Guidance
The father tells Nābhāga that all sacrifice remnants — and really everything — belong to Lord Śiva. Some things our short memory forgets belong to deities older than our claim to them.
Reflection Questions
- What am I treating as 'mine' that actually belongs to a deity, an ancestor, or the temple?
- Where in my home or work am I unknowingly using someone else's offering?
My note
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