Shloka 29
Marutta’s Sacrifice: Indra’s Threat, Saṃvarta’s Mantric Restraint, and Divine Reconciliation (अध्याय १०)
एष त्वयाहमिह राजन् समेत्य ये चाप्यन्ये तव पूर्वे नरेन्द्र । सर्वाश्षान्या देवता: प्रीयमाणा हविस्तुभ्यं प्रतिगृह्नन्तु राजन्
eṣa tvayāham iha rājan sametya ye cāpy anye tava pūrve narendra | sarvāś cānyā devatāḥ prīyamāṇā haviṣ tubhyaṃ pratigṛhṇantu rājan ||
«أيها الملك، لقد جئتُ إلى هنا فالتقيتُ بك؛ وكذلك جاء أسلافُك الآخرون، يا سيّدَ الناس. وسائرُ الآلهة أيضًا، وقد سُرَّت قلوبُها، حضرت إلى هذا الموضع. أيها الملك، فليتقبّلوا جميعًا الهَفِس—قُربانَ الذبيحة—الذي تقدّمه.»
व्याय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms the dharmic principle that properly performed sacrifice and offerings (havis) are meant to satisfy both ancestors and deities; when done with right intent and rite, the unseen world is portrayed as responding with acceptance and blessing, reinforcing ethical kingship grounded in ritual responsibility.
A speaker addresses the king, declaring that he has come to meet him and that the king’s forefathers and other deities have also arrived, pleased; the speaker then pronounces a benediction that they will accept the king’s sacrificial oblations, validating the ongoing sacrificial context of the Ashvamedhika episode.