Shloka 47

कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī

Devanagari script

यत्रायजद्‌ राजसूयेन सोम: साक्षात्‌ पुरा विधिवत्‌ पार्थिवेन्द्र: । अत्रिर्धीमान्‌ विप्रमुख्यो बभूव होता यस्मिन्‌ क्रतुमुख्ये महात्मा

Transliteration

yatrāyajad rājasūyena somaḥ sākṣāt purā vidhivat pārthivendraḥ | atrir dhīmān vipramukhyo babhūva hotā yasmin kratumukhye mahātmā ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “In that very place, long ago, Soma himself—manifest in person—performed, in due ritual order, the Rājasūya sacrifice for a sovereign king. In that foremost of sacrifices, the great-souled and wise Atri, chief among the Brahmins, served as the Hotṛ priest.”

Word by Word

यत्रwhere

आयजत्sacrificed / performed a sacrifice

राजसूयेनby/with the Rājasūya (sacrifice)

सोमःSoma

साक्षात्directly / in person

पुराformerly

विधिवत्according to rule / duly

पार्थिवेन्द्रःthe king of kings / sovereign

अत्रिःAtri

धीमान्wise

विप्रमुख्यःforemost among brahmins

बभूवbecame / was

होताHotṛ priest

यस्मिन्in which

क्रतुमुख्येin the chief sacrifice

महात्माthe great-souled one

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Soma

Rājasūya (sacrifice)

Atri

Hotṛ (priestly office)

Pārthivendra (a sovereign king)

Sandhi Notes