Shloka 10

Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)

Devanagari script

यथाशक्त्या भगवता तदन्नं समुपार्जितम्‌ | तस्मिन्‌ सत्रे तु यद्‌ वृत्तं यद्‌ योग्यं च तदाभवत्‌,भगवान्‌ अगस्त्य मुनिने उस यज्ञके लिये यथाशक्ति विशुद्ध अन्नका संग्रह किया था। उस समय उस यज्ञमें वही हुआ, जो उसके योग्य था

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | yathāśaktyā bhagavatā tad annaṃ samupārjitam | tasmin satre tu yad vṛttaṃ yad yogyaṃ ca tadābhavat |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: The venerable sage gathered pure provisions for that sacrificial session to the best of his ability. And in that rite, what occurred was exactly what was fitting and proper—events unfolded in accordance with the rite’s own due order and merit.

Word by Word

यथाas, according to

शक्त्याby (one's) ability

भगवताby the venerable one (Agastya)

तत्that

अन्नम्food, provisions

समुपार्जितम्collected, procured

तस्मिन्in that

सत्रेin the sacrificial session (sattra)

तुbut, indeed

यत्whatever, that which

वृत्तम्occurred, happened (event)

यत्whatever, that which

योग्यम्proper, fitting

चand

तत्that

अभवत्was, happened, became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Agastya (implied by the accompanying Hindi gloss)

satra (sacrificial session/rite)

anna (provisions/food for the rite)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes