Shloka 33

Vasiṣṭhasya śokaḥ, Vipāśā–Śatadrū-nāmākaraṇam, Kalmāṣapādasya bhaya-prasaṅgaḥ (Ādi Parva 167)

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्य नरेन्द्रस्य उपयाजो महातपा: । आचर्ख्यौ कर्म वैतानं तदा पुत्रफलाय वै,“यह बहुत बड़ा कार्य है” ऐसा विचार करके याजने इस कार्यके लिये किसी प्रकारकी कामना न रखनेवाले उपयाजको भी प्रेरित किया तथा याजने द्रोणके विनाशके लिये वैसा पुत्र उत्पन्न करनेकी प्रतिज्ञा कर ली। इसके बाद महातपस्वी उपयाजने राजा ट्रुपदको अभीष्ट पुत्ररूपी फलकी सिद्धिके लिये आवश्यक यज्ञकर्मका उपदेश किया

Transliteration

tatastasyanarendrasya upayājo mahātapāḥ | ācarkhyau karma vaitānaṃ tadā putraphalāya vai ||

Translation

Daraufhin erklärte Upayāja, der große Asket im Dienst jenes Königs, ihm damals das vedische Opferverfahren (vaitāna), das auf die Frucht eines Sohnes gerichtet war.

Word by Word

ततःthen/thereupon

तस्यof him/of that

नरेन्द्रस्यof the king (lord of men)

उपयाजःUpayāja (name of a sage/priest)

महातपाःthe great ascetic

आचर्ख्यौtold/declared

कर्मrite/act (ritual procedure)

वैतानम्pertaining to the Vaitāna (śrauta) ritual

तदाat that time

पुत्रफलायfor the fruit (in the form) of a son

वैindeed/assuredly

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Upayāja

King (Trupada implied by context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that ritual action (vaitāna karma) is guided by intention and desired fruit; seeking a son through sacrifice is presented as a weighty, dharma-shaped decision whose consequences extend beyond private desire into public destiny.

What is happening in the narrative?

Upayāja, described as a great ascetic, instructs the king in the correct Vedic sacrificial procedure to obtain the result of a son, setting the stage for the king’s planned progeny and the larger chain of events connected with future enmity and war.