Shloka 19
जयद्रथ-निग्रहः — Jayadratha Restrained, Shamed, and Released
एष ते वैष्णवो नाम यज्ञ: सत्पुरुषोचित:
eṣa te vaiṣṇavo nāma yajñaḥ satpuruṣocitaḥ |
Vaiśampāyana dit : «Voici le sacrifice nommé “Vaiṣṇava” que je t’ai exposé—digne des hommes de bien et des vertueux. C’est un rite tourné vers Viṣṇu et conforme à la mesure des justes, non une simple parade rituelle.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the Vaiṣṇava sacrifice as ‘satpuruṣocita’—fit for the virtuous—linking religious practice to moral worth and presenting devotion to Viṣṇu as a dharmic, ethically appropriate act rather than mere ceremony.
Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, identifies and commends a specific rite—the Vaiṣṇava-yajña—addressing his listener and characterizing the sacrifice as proper for noble persons, thereby elevating its status within the ongoing discourse.