Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ऋषिभि: क्रतव:ः प्रोक्ता देवेष्विह यथाक्रमम्‌ | फलं चैव यथातथ्यं प्रेत्य चेह च सर्वश:,ऋषियोंने देवताओंके उद्देश्यसे यथायोग्य यज्ञ बताये हैं और उन यज्ञोंका यथावत्‌ फल भी बताया है, जो इहलोक और परलोकमें भी सर्वथा प्राप्त होता है

Transliteration

ṛṣibhiḥ kratavaḥ proktā deveṣv iha yathākramam | phalaṃ caiva yathātathyaṃ pretya ceha ca sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

Ghūlastya said: “The seers have set forth the sacrificial rites in due order, directing them toward the gods. They have also declared the true results of those rites—fruits that are obtained unfailingly, both here in this world and after death in the next.”

Word by Word

ऋषिभिःby the sages

क्रतवःsacrifices (rites)

प्रोक्ताःhave been declared/taught

देवेषुamong/with regard to the gods

इहhere (in this context / in this world)

यथाas, according to

क्रमम्order, sequence

फलम्fruit, result

चand

एवindeed, just

यथाas, according to

तथ्यम्truth, exactness (as it really is)

प्रेत्यafter death, having departed

चand

इहhere (in this world)

चand

सर्वशःin every way, wholly

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ṛ

ṛṣi (seers)

deva (gods)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That the sages have authoritatively taught sacrificial duties in a proper order and have also clarified their real outcomes: actions (yajñas/ritual duties) yield definite fruits both in this life and after death, underscoring moral causality (karma-phala) and the reliability of dharmic instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker, Ghūlastya, is explaining the traditional Vedic framework: sages prescribe sacrifices aimed at the gods and specify the corresponding rewards, emphasizing that these results accrue comprehensively in both worldly and post-mortem contexts.