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Shloka 16

Śiśupāla-nigraha-prastāva: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Conciliation and Bhīṣma’s Defense of Kṛṣṇa

Book 2, Chapter 35

राजन्‌ ! जिनके शिखर यज्ञ देखनेके लिये आये हुए देवताओंके विमानोंका स्पर्श कर रहे थे, जो जलाशयोंसे परिपूर्ण और सेनाओंसे घिरे हुए थे, उन सुन्दर भवनों, इन्द्रादि लोकपालोंके विमानों, ब्राह्मणोंके निवासस्थानों तथा परम समृद्धिसे सम्पन्न रत्नोंसे परिपूर्ण चित्र एवं विमानके तुल्य बने हुए दिव्य गृहोंसे, समागत राजाओंसे तथा असीम श्रीसमृद्धियोंसे महात्मा कुन्तीनन्दन युधिष्ठिरकी वह सभा बड़ी शोभा पा रही थी ।। १३-- १५ || ऋद्धया तु वरुण देवं स्पर्थमानो युधिष्ठिर: । षडग्निनाथ यज्ञेन सोडयजद्‌ दक्षिणावता,महाराज युधिष्ठिर अपनी अनुपम समृद्धिद्वारा वरुणदेवताकी बराबरी कर रहे थे। उन्होंने यज्ञमें छः अग्नियोंकी- स्थापना करके पर्याप्त दक्षिणा देकर उस यज्ञके द्वारा भगवान्‌का यजन किया

r̥ddhyā tu varuṇa-devaṁ spardhamāno yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | ṣaḍ-agni-nāthaṁ yajñena so 'ḍayajad dakṣiṇāvatā ||

O King! Those splendid mansions had summits that seemed to touch the vimānas of the gods who had come to behold the sacrifice; they were filled with pools and ringed by armies. There were the vimānas of Indra and the other Lokapālas, the dwellings of Brahmins, and divine houses like heavenly cars, brimming with jewels and supreme prosperity. With kings assembled and boundless splendor all around, the sabhā of Yudhiṣṭhira, Kuntī’s son, shone exceedingly. By the excellence of his fortune Yudhiṣṭhira seemed to rival Varuṇa himself: he established a sacrifice with six sacred fires and, granting abundant dakṣiṇā, worshiped the Lord through that rite.

ऋद्धयाby prosperity/wealth
ऋद्धया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootऋद्धि
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
वरुणदेवम्Varuṇa, the god
वरुणदेवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवरुणदेव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
स्पर्धमानःcompeting with / rivaling
स्पर्धमानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootस्पर्धमान
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Present (vartamāna), Parasmaipada (active), शतृ (present active participle)
युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
षडग्निनाथम्having six fires as its chief feature
षडग्निनाथम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootषडग्निनाथ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
यज्ञेनby/with the sacrifice
यज्ञेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अयजत्worshipped / performed sacrifice
अयजत्:
TypeVerb
Rootयज्
FormImperfect (laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
दक्षिणावत्endowed with (ample) dakṣiṇā/fees
दक्षिणावत्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदक्षिणावत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
V
Varuṇa
Y
yajña (sacrifice)
ṣaḍ-agni (six sacred fires)
D
dakṣiṇā (sacrificial gifts/fees)