Shloka 19

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

यन्मयोक्तमिदं वाक्‍्यं युष्माभिश्नाप्युपश्रुतम्‌ । सन्तुप्रस्थेन वो नाय॑ यज्ञस्तुल्यो द्विजर्षभा:,“मैंने जो कहा है कि 'द्विजवरो! आपलोगोंका यह यज्ञ उख्छवृत्तिवाले ब्राह्मणोंके द्वारा किये हुए सेरभर सत्तूदानके बराबर भी नहीं है” इसे आपने ठीक-ठीक सुना है

Translation

This word that I spoke, and that you have heard clearly—namely: “O foremost of the twice-born! this sacrifice of yours is not equal even to the gift of sattu (parched meal) made by a brāhmaṇa who lives by austere means (uccavṛtti)”—you have heard it exactly as it was said.

Word by Word

यत्which/that (what)

मयाby me

उक्तम्said/spoken

इदम्this

वाक्यम्statement/utterance

युष्माभिःby you (all)

नापिnot even

उपश्रुतम्heard/listened to

सन्तुlet them be / may they be

उप्रस्थेनwith/through (a) measure/quantity (reading uncertain)

वःto you / of you

नnot

अयम्this (one)

यज्ञःsacrifice

तुल्यःequal

द्विजर्षभाःO best of the twice-born (brahmins)

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes