Shloka 14
Marutta Seeks Saṃvarta’s Priestly Support; Conditions, Truth-Discipline, and Rival Powers
अमरं याज्यमासाद्य याजयिष्ये न मानुषम् | शक्रेण प्रतिषिद्धो5हं मरुत्तं मा सम याजये:
amaraṃ yājyam āsādya yājayiṣye na mānuṣam | śakreṇa pratiṣiddho 'haṃ maruttaṃ mā sma yājayeḥ ||
তেওঁ স্পষ্টকৈ ক’লে—“অমৰ যজমান লাভ কৰাৰ পাছত মই এতিয়া মৰণধৰ্মী মানুহৰ যজ্ঞ নকৰোঁ।” আৰু শক্র (ইন্দ্ৰ)এও মোক নিষেধ কৰিছে—“মৰুত্তৰ যজ্ঞ নকৰিবা; কিয়নো সেই ৰজা সদায় মোৰ প্ৰতি ঈৰ্ষা ৰাখে।” ইন্দ্ৰৰ এই আজ্ঞা আপোনাৰ ভ্ৰাতাই ‘এৱমস্তু’ বুলি কৈ গ্ৰহণ কৰিছে।
मरुत्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights tension between ritual duty and higher authority: a priest’s willingness to officiate can be shaped by patronage (immortal vs. mortal) and by divine command. It also exposes how envy and rivalry—even among gods and kings—can influence religious and political decisions, raising ethical questions about impartiality in sacred acts.
Marutta reports that the officiant (or intended officiant) refuses to conduct a human king’s sacrifice after gaining an immortal patron, and that Indra has explicitly prohibited performing Marutta’s yajña due to Marutta’s rivalry with him. The prohibition is accepted by the addressed party’s brother with the assent “evam astu” (“so be it”).