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Shloka 9

ऋत्विग्धर्मः, दक्षिणा-न्यायः, तपसः परमार्थः

Ritvij-Dharma, the Norm of Dakṣiṇā, and the Higher Meaning of Tapas

श्रद्धावता च यष्टव्यमित्येषा वैदिकी श्रुति: । मिथ्योपेतस्य यज्ञस्य किमु श्रद्धा करिष्यति,दूसरी ओर वेदकी यह आज्ञा भी सुनी जाती है कि प्रत्येक श्रद्धालु पुरुषको यज्ञ करना चाहिये। यदि दरिद्र श्रद्धांके बलपर यज्ञमें प्रवृत्त हो और उचित दक्षिणा न दे सके तो वह यज्ञ मिथ्या भावसे युक्त होगा; उस दशामें उसकी न्यूनताकी पूर्ति श्रद्धा कैसे कर सकेगी?

śraddhāvatā ca yaṣṭavyam ity eṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ | mithyopetasya yajñasya kimu śraddhā kariṣyati ||

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “And yet the Vedic revelation also declares: ‘A man who has faith should perform sacrifice.’ But if a sacrifice is tainted by falsity—because one undertakes it without the proper means and cannot provide the due sacrificial fees—what can faith alone accomplish for such a sacrifice?”

श्रद्धावताby/with a faithful (man)
श्रद्धावता:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रद्धावत्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यष्टव्यम्is to be sacrificed / one should perform sacrifice
यष्टव्यम्:
TypeVerb
Rootयज्
FormGerundive (तव्यत्), Neuter, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
एषाthis
एषा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
वैदिकीVedic
वैदिकी:
TypeAdjective
Rootवैदिक
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
श्रुतिःscriptural statement / śruti
श्रुतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्रुति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
मिथ्याfalsely / in vain
मिथ्या:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमिथ्या
उपेतस्यof (a sacrifice) attended by / endowed with
उपेतस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootउप-इ (उपेत)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Genitive, Singular
यज्ञस्यof the sacrifice
यज्ञस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
किम्what
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
indeed / then (emphatic particle)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
श्रद्धाfaith
श्रद्धा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्रद्धा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
करिष्यतिwill do / will accomplish
करिष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormSimple Future (लृट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
V
Vedic śruti
Y
yajña (sacrifice)