Shloka 52

Saptasārasvata-tīrtha-prasaṅgaḥ | The Saptasārasvata Pilgrimage Account and the Maṅkaṇaka Narrative

Devanagari script

ततो यज्ञोपवीतैस्ते तत्तीर्थ निर्मिमाय वै | जुह॒वुश्चाग्निहात्रांश्व चक्रुश्न विविधा: क्रिया:,तब उन्होंने यज्ञोपवीतसे उस तीर्थका निर्माण करके वहाँ अग्निहोत्रसम्बन्धी आहुतियाँ दीं और नाना प्रकारके कर्मोंका अनुष्ठान किया

Transliteration

tato yajñopavītaiḥ te tat-tīrthaṃ nirmimāya vai | juhuvuś cāgnihotrāṃś ca cakruś ca vividhāḥ kriyāḥ |

Translation

Dann errichteten sie mit ihren heiligen Schnüren (yajñopavīta) ordnungsgemäß jene heilige Furt (tīrtha). Dort brachten sie die für das Agnihotra vorgeschriebenen Opfergaben dar und vollzogen verschiedene weitere rituelle Handlungen.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

यज्ञोपवीतैःwith sacred threads

तेthey

तत्that

तीर्थम्pilgrimage-place; sacred ford

निर्मिमायmade, constructed

वैindeed, surely

जुहुवुःthey offered (oblations)

चand

अग्निहोत्रान्Agnihotra offerings/rites

चक्रुःthey performed, did

नानाविधाःvarious kinds of

क्रियाःrites, acts, ceremonies

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)

य

यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavīta)

त

तीर्थ (tīrtha)

अ

अग्निहोत्र (Agnihotra)

अ

अग्नि (sacred fire)

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?

Even in turbulent times, the epic highlights a return to dharma through disciplined ritual life—Agnihotra and related rites function as acts of purification, restraint, and reaffirmation of sacred order.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that the group established a tīrtha and then performed Agnihotra oblations along with other ritual observances, indicating a formal religious undertaking at that sacred spot.