Shloka 293

Yuddha-yajña-vyākhyāna (The Battle as Sacrifice): Ambarīṣa–Indra Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

यस्य वेदिरुपस्तीर्णा तस्य लोका यथा मम । जिसके युद्ध-यज्ञकी वेदी नीले चमड़ेकी बनी हुई म्यानके भीतर रखी जानेवाली तलवारों तथा परिघके समान मोटी-मोटी भुजाओंसे बिछ जाती है, उसे वैसे ही लोक प्राप्त होते हैं, जैसे मुझे मिले हैं

Transliteration

yasya vedir upastīrṇā tasya lokā yathā mama |

Translation

قال أمباريشا: «من كانت مِذْبَحَتُه في يَجْنِ الحرب مبسوطةً مُهَيَّأةً على الوجه اللائق—بسيوفٍ موضوعةٍ في أغمادٍ من جلدٍ أزرق، وبسواعدَ غليظةٍ كالقضيب الحديديّ (parigha)—فله عوالمُ مثل عوالمي.»

Word by Word

यस्यof whom/whose

वेदीaltar

उपस्तीर्णाspread/strewn (over)

तस्यof him/of that (person)

लोकाःworlds/realms

यथाas/just as

ममof me/my

Speaker

अम्बरीष उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ambarīṣa

vedi (sacrificial altar)

lokāḥ (realms/worlds)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Properly performed, duly prepared ritual action—done in accordance with dharma—leads to definite spiritual results; attainment of higher realms is linked to right conduct and correct performance rather than mere claim or status.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ambarīṣa speaks about the fruit of a correctly prepared sacrificial altar, asserting that whoever completes the rite with due preparation attains the same exalted worlds that he himself attained.