Shloka 15

अश्वमेधावसानम् — Dakṣiṇā-vibhāga and Avabhṛtha

Completion of the Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

आगमेनैव ते यज्ञं कुर्वन्तु यदि चेच्छसि

Transliteration

āgamenaiva te yajñaṃ kurvantu yadi cecchasi

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Wenn du es wünschst, sollen sie dein Opfer streng gemäß dem Āgama vollziehen—gemäß der überlieferten Tradition und dem maßgeblichen Verfahren.“

Word by Word

• आगमेन: by (your) coming/arrival
• आगमेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कुर्वन्तु: let them perform
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इच्छसि: you desire/wish
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual action should be grounded in authorized tradition (āgama) rather than personal whim; even a king’s sacrifice is to be conducted according to established dharmic procedure.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports an instruction or permission: if the addressed person agrees, the officiants should carry out the intended sacrifice following the proper traditional rules.