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Shloka 39

Sati's Death & VirabhadraSati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas

ततो विवेश गणपो यज्ञमध्यं सुविस्तृतम् जुह्वाना ऋषयो यत्र हवींषि प्रवितन्वते

tato viveśa gaṇapo yajñamadhyaṃ suvistṛtam juhvānā ṛṣayo yatra havīṃṣi pravitanvate

Alors le seigneur des gaṇa entra au milieu du sacrifice, largement déployé, où les ṛṣi, accomplissant les oblations, offraient selon le rite les parts sacrificielles.

tataḥthen/thereupon
tataḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (Avyaya), अव्यय-प्रकारः: क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)
viveśaentered
viveśa:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-viś (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)
gaṇapaḥthe leader of the gaṇas (Gaṇeśa)
gaṇapaḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgaṇapa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular)
yajña-madhyamthe middle of the sacrifice (sacrificial arena)
yajña-madhyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña (प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative): ‘यज्ञस्य मध्यम्’
su-vistṛtamwell-extended, very spacious
su-vistṛtam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsu (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + vistṛta (कृदन्त; √stṛ)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular); भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘विस्तृत’ with उपसर्ग/उपपद ‘सु-’ (well-)
juhvānāḥoffering (into the fire), sacrificing
juhvānāḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Roothu (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचनम् (plural)
ṛṣayaḥsages
ṛṣayaḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural)
yatrawhere
yatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (Avyaya), सम्बन्ध-अव्यय/देशवाचक (relative locative adverb: where)
havīṃṣioblations
havīṃṣi:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roothavis (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (accusative/2nd), बहुवचनम् (plural)
pravitanvatethey spread out/extend (the rite/offerings)
pravitanvate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-vi-tan (धातु)
Formलट् (Present/वर्तमान), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (plural)
Narratorial layer not specified in input (commonly Pulastya → Nārada frame)
Gaṇapati (Gaṇeśa)Ṛṣis (ritual agents)
ShaivismVrata/RitualsYajña (sacrificial liturgy)Conflict around ritual legitimacy

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FAQs

Ritual is not merely procedural; it exists within an ethical and devotional frame. The entrance of Gaṇapati into the yajña foregrounds the idea that divine sanction (and inner purity) governs the fruit of rites.

This is narrative-legend material (vamśānucarita/īśānucarita style), illustrating the functioning (and disruption) of yajña within cosmic and moral order rather than creation cycles.

The ‘expanded sacrifice’ (suvistṛta yajña) symbolizes elaborate religiosity; Gaṇapati’s crossing into its center suggests that the heart of ritual is ultimately subject to higher divine principles—removing or imposing ‘obstacles’ according to dharma.