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Shloka 7

अध्याय ५७ — राजोपरिचरवसोः धर्मोपदेशः, सत्यवत्याः उत्पत्तिः, व्यासजन्म च

Adhyāya 57: Indra’s Counsel to King Vasu; Origin of Satyavatī; Birth of Vyāsa

एते वासुकिजा नागा: प्रविष्टा हव्यवाहने । अन्ये च बहवो विप्र तथा वै कुलसम्भवा: । प्रदीप्ताग्नौ हुता: सर्वे घोररूपा महाबला:,ये वासुकिके वंशज नाग थे, जिन्हें अग्निमें प्रवेश करना पड़ा। विप्रवर! ऐसे ही दूसरे भी बहुत-से महाबली और भयंकर सर्प थे, जो उसी कुलमें उत्पन्न हुए थे। वे सब-के-सब सर्पसत्रकी प्रज्वलित अग्निमें आहुति बन गये थे

ete vāsukijā nāgāḥ praviṣṭā havyavāhane | anye ca bahavo vipra tathā vai kulasambhavāḥ | pradīptāgnau hutāḥ sarve ghorarūpā mahābalāḥ |

قال شَوْنَكَة: «إن هؤلاء النُّغَا، المولودين من سلالة فاسُكي، أُكرهوا على دخول نار حاملة القرابين. وكثيرون غيرهم أيضًا، أيها البراهمن—مولودون كذلك في العشيرة نفسها—مروّعو الهيئة عظامُ القوة، قد التهمتهم نارُ القربان المتأججة إذ صاروا جميعًا قرابين فيها.»

एतेthese
एते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
वासुकिजाःborn of Vāsuki
वासुकिजाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवासुकिज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नागाःserpents
नागाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनाग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रविष्टाःentered / having entered
प्रविष्टाः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-विश्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)
हव्यवाहनेin the fire (Agni, 'carrier of oblations')
हव्यवाहने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootहव्यवाहन
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
बहवःmany
बहवः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
विप्रO brāhmaṇa
विप्र:
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तथाthus / likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
कुलसम्भवाःborn in the same lineage/family
कुलसम्भवाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकुलसम्भव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रदीप्ताग्नौin the blazing fire
प्रदीप्ताग्नौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रदीप्ताग्नि
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
हुताःoffered (as oblations) / consigned
हुताः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootहु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
घोररूपाःof dreadful form
घोररूपाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootघोररूप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
महाबलाःvery strong / mighty
महाबलाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाबल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

शौनक उवाच

Ś
Śaunaka
V
Vāsuki
N
Nāgas (serpents)
H
Havyavāhana (Agni; sacrificial fire)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how destructive outcomes follow when a powerful ritual is fueled by vengeance rather than restraint and dharma: even formidable beings become victims when anger turns sacrifice into slaughter.

Śaunaka describes the ongoing serpent-sacrifice in which Nāgas—especially those of Vāsuki’s lineage and many others of the same clan—are drawn into and consumed by the blazing sacrificial fire as offerings.