Shloka 24

Yuddha-yajña-vyākhyāna (The Battle as Sacrifice): Ambarīṣa–Indra Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

कुज्जराणां हयानां च वर्मिणां च समुच्चय: । अग्नि: श्येनचितो नाम स च यज्ञे विधीयते,हाथी, घोड़े और कवचधारी वीर पुरुषोंके समूह ही उस युद्धयज्ञके श्येनचित नामक अन्नि हैं

Transliteration

kuñjarāṇāṃ hayānāṃ ca varmiṇāṃ ca samuccayaḥ | agniḥ śyenacito nāma sa ca yajñe vidhīyate ||

Translation

Ambarīṣa said: “The massed array of elephants, horses, and armoured warriors is the fire called ‘Śyenacita’. That very fire is prescribed for the sacrifice.”

Word by Word

• कुञ्जराणाम्: of elephants
• कुञ्जराणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुञ्जर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• हयानाम्: of horses
• हयानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वर्मिणाम्: of armoured (warriors)
• वर्मिणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्मिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• समुच्चयः: a collection; an assemblage
• समुच्चयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुच्चय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अग्निः: fire (sacrificial fire)
• अग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्येनचितः: built in the form of a falcon (śyena-shaped)
• श्येनचितः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्येनचित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name; called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• सः: that; he/it
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विधीयते: is prescribed; is enjoined; is arranged
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (वि + धा)
• Form: Present, Passive, Third, Singular

Speaker

अम्बरीष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ambarīṣa
• elephants
• horses
• armoured warriors
• Agni (sacrificial fire)
• Śyenacita (hawk-shaped fire-altar)
• yajña (sacrifice)