Shloka 8

जयद्रथ-निग्रहः — Jayadratha Restrained, Shamed, and Released

Devanagari script

आहूयन्तां द्विजवरा: सम्भाराश्न यथाविधि । सम्श्रियन्तां कुरुश्रेष्ठ यज्ञोपकरणानि च

Transliteration

āhūyantāṃ dvijavarāḥ sambhārāś ca yathāvidhi | saṃśriyantāṃ kuruśreṣṭha yajñopakaraṇāni ca ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Man rufe die Besten der Zweimalgeborenen herbei und sammle die erforderlichen Vorräte nach Vorschrift. O Vornehmster der Kurus, auch die Geräte und die Ausrüstung für das Opfer sollen ordnungsgemäß beschafft werden.“

Word by Word

• आहूयन्ताम्: let (them) be summoned / should be called
• आहूयन्ताम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आह्वा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), आत्मनेपद, 3, plural

• द्विजवराः: the best Brahmins
• द्विजवराः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सम्भाराः: materials / requisites
• सम्भाराः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

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

• यथाविधि: according to rule / duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्श्रियन्ताम्: let (them) be arranged / be made ready / be procured
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि (धातु) (सम्-उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), आत्मनेपद, 3, plural

• कुरुश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• यज्ञोपकरणानि: sacrificial implements
• यज्ञोपकरणानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञोपकरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, nominative, plural

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• dvijavarāḥ (excellent Brāhmaṇas)
• Kuruśreṣṭha (foremost Kuru addressee)
• yajña (sacrifice)
• yajñopakaraṇāni (sacrificial implements)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharmic order through proper ritual conduct: sacred acts should be performed with qualified priests (dvijavarāḥ) and with materials gathered ‘according to rule’ (yathāvidhi), reflecting disciplined kingship and respect for Vedic procedure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates an instruction to prepare for a sacrifice: summon eminent Brāhmaṇas and assemble the required sacrificial materials and implements, addressing a ‘foremost Kuru’ as the responsible patron of the rite.