Shloka 18
Marutta’s Sacrifice: Indra’s Threat, Saṃvarta’s Mantric Restraint, and Divine Reconciliation (अध्याय १०)
मरुत्त उवाच इन्द्र: साक्षात् सहसाभ्येतु विप्र हविर्यज्ञे प्रतिगृह्नातु चैव । स्वं स्वं धिष्णयं चैव जुषन्तु देवा हुतं सोम॑ प्रतिगृह्नन्तु चैव
Marutta uvāca: indraḥ sākṣāt sahasābhyetu vipra havir-yajñe pratigṛhṇātu caiva | svaṁ svaṁ dhiṣṇyaṁ caiva juṣantu devā hutaṁ somaṁ pratigṛhṇantu caiva ||
قال مَرُوتّا: «أيها الحكيم من البراهمة، اجتهدْ حتى يأتي إندرا نفسه سريعًا إلى هنا ويأخذ نصيبه في هذا القربان. ولْتَأْتِ الآلهةُ الأخرى أيضًا فتجلس في مقاعدها الخاصة وتَسْتَبْشِر؛ ولْيَتَلَقَّوْا جميعًا سوما المُقَدَّم ويشربوه معًا.»
मरुत्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes dharmic ritual order and reverent hospitality: the sacrificer seeks the gods’ direct presence, proper seating, and willing acceptance of offerings, showing that worship is not mere formality but a relationship of honor, invitation, and rightful distribution of shares.
King Marutta addresses a brahmin-sage, urging him to make the necessary effort/arrangements so that Indra arrives quickly to the sacrifice, accepts his oblation, and the other gods take their appointed ritual seats and partake of the offered Soma together.