Shloka 273

Kaurava Court Hears of the Pāṇḍavas’ Forest Hardship (वैचित्रवीर्यवंशीयस्य राज्ञः करुणाविचारः)

Devanagari script

जुह॒वुस्ते महात्मानो हव्यं सर्वदिवौकसाम्‌ । उन महात्मा ऋषियोंने प्रज्वलित अग्निमें शास्त्रीय विधिसे इष्टिका सम्पादन करके सम्पूर्ण देवताओंके लिये हविष्यकी आहुति दी

Transliteration

juhavus te mahātmāno havyaṃ sarvadivaukasām |

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya sprach: Jene großherzigen Weisen brachten die heilige Opfergabe in das entfachte Feuer dar, ordnungsgemäß nach der Vorschrift der śāstra, und reichten havis für alle Bewohner des Himmels, die Götter. Die Stelle hebt die disziplinierte rituelle Handlung hervor, die dem Wohl und der Ehrung der göttlichen Ordnung dient, nicht dem persönlichen Gewinn.

Word by Word

• जुहुवुः: they offered (as oblation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (जुहोति)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महात्मानः: great-souled ones (great sages)
• महात्मानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हव्यम्: oblation (that which is to be offered)
• हव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वदिवौकसाम्: of all the dwellers in heaven (of all the gods)
• सर्वदिवौकसाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-दिवौकस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• mahātmānaḥ (great sages/ṛṣis)
• sarva-divaukas (all devas, heavenly beings)
• havyam (oblations)
• agni (sacrificial fire)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharmic discipline: sacred acts should be performed according to proper injunctions and with an offering-minded spirit, directed toward sustaining the divine-cosmic order rather than personal reward.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes great sages conducting a sacrificial rite: they kindle the fire and offer havis as oblations for all the gods, indicating a formal yajña performed in accordance with scriptural procedure.