Shloka 33

आस्तीक-उपाख्यान-प्रस्तावः | Introduction to the Āstīka Narrative

Devanagari script

एवं दारक्रियाहेतो: प्रयतिष्ये पितामहा: । अनेन विधिना शश्रृन्न करिष्येडहमन्यथा

Transliteration

evaṁ dārakriyāhetoḥ prayatiṣye pitāmahāḥ | anena vidhinā śaśṛnna kariṣye'ham anyathā

Translation

So werde ich, um der Ehriten willen, o ehrwürdige Ahnen, mich bemühen. Ich werde es auf eben diese Weise ausführen und nicht anders.

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

दारक्रिया-हेतोःfor the sake/cause of the marriage-rite

प्रयतिष्येI shall strive/endeavour

पितामहाःO grandfathers/ancestors (elders)

अनेनby this

विधिनाby the prescribed rule/rite

शश्रृन्Śaśṛn (proper name/person)

नnot

करिष्येI shall do/make

अहम्I

अन्यथाotherwise

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

श

शौनक (Śaunaka)

प

पितामहाः (pitāmahāḥ—venerable elders/forefathers)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes steadfast adherence to prescribed dharma (vidhi) in performing socially and ethically significant rites—here, marriage-related duties—undertaken with resolve and without deviation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka speaks of his determination to undertake efforts connected with marriage rites, addressing revered elders/forefathers, and declares he will perform the act strictly according to the proper procedure, not in any other way.