Shloka 28

Adhyāya 33: Antarvedī-Samāgama, Arghya-Nirṇaya, and Śiśupāla’s Objection

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्‌ क्रतौ यथोक्तानि यज्ञाड़नि द्विजातिभि: । तथोपकरणं सर्व मड़लानि च सर्वश:

Transliteration

asmin kratau yathoktāni yajñāṅgāni dvijātibhiḥ | tathopakaraṇaṃ sarvaṃ maṅgalāni ca sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana dit : « Pour ce sacrifice, que l’on rassemble tous les requis du rite, tels que les ont prescrits les deux-fois-nés (brahmanes), avec tous les instruments nécessaires et tous les objets auspices, en tout point. »

Word by Word

• {'asmin': 'in this', 'kratau': 'sacrificial rite

• sacrifice', 'yathoktāni': 'as stated

• as prescribed', 'yajñāṅgāni': 'limbs/constituents of a sacrifice

• sacrificial requisites', 'dvijātibhiḥ': 'by the twice-born (especially Brāhmaṇas)

• by learned ritual authorities', 'tathā': 'so

• accordingly', 'upakaraṇam': 'equipment

• apparatus', 'sarvam': 'all

• entire', 'maṅgalāni': 'auspicious items

• auspicious arrangements/objects', 'sarvaśaḥ': 'in every way

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• dvijāti (Brāhmaṇas)
• kratu (sacrifice)
• yajñāṅga (sacrificial requisites)
• upakaraṇa (implements)
• maṅgala (auspicious items)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual action should be performed in alignment with authoritative instruction (yathokta), with completeness and careful preparation; ethical discipline here is expressed as fidelity to prescribed dharma and avoidance of negligence.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes arrangements for a sacrifice: all sacrificial components, implements, and auspicious materials are to be assembled as the Brāhmaṇas have directed, emphasizing systematic readiness for the rite.