Shloka 20

Plakṣaprasravaṇa–Kārapacana tīrtha-varṇana and Nārada’s war briefing (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 53)

Devanagari script

यक्ष्यन्ति ये च क्रतुभिर्महद्/िर्मनुजेश्वरा:

Transliteration

yakṣyanti ye ca kratubhir mahadbhir manu-jeśvarāḥ

Translation

Rāma sprach: «Jene Herrscher der Menschen, die große Opferhandlungen (kratu) vollziehen werden, werden in erhabener Größe Verehrung darbringen.»

Word by Word

• यक्ष्यन्ति: they will sacrifice
• यक्ष्यन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: लृट् (simple future), 3rd, plural, परस्मैपदम्

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

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

• क्रतुभिः: with sacrifices/rites
• क्रतुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• महद्भिः: great (with great)
• महद्भिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• मनुजेश्वराः: lords of men, kings
• मनुजेश्वराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुजेश्वर
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• manujeśvarāḥ (kings/rulers)
• kratu (Vedic sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic ideal of kingship: rulers are expected to uphold social and cosmic order through grand Vedic sacrifices, signaling responsibility, generosity, and public religious duty rather than private gain.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rāma speaks about future or exemplary rulers, describing them as performing great sacrificial rites—an image of royal conduct grounded in Vedic ritual and the pursuit of merit.