Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 17

अध्याय १३२ — कर्मणा मनसा वाचा: स्वर्गमार्गः तथा आयुर्विपाकः

Adhyāya 132 — The path to heaven through deed, mind, and speech; karmic results for lifespan

Devanagari script

जगदग्निरुवाच यो यजेदश्वमेधेन वाजपेयशतेन ह । अवाक्‌शिरा वा लम्बेत सत्र॑ वा स्फीतमाहरेत्‌

Transliteration

Jamadagnir uvāca: yo yajed aśvamedhena vājapeya-śatena ha | avāk-śirā vā lambeta satraṁ vā sphītam āharet | kintu yasya hṛdayaṁ na śuddhaṁ sa pāpī niścayaṁ narakaṁ gacchati | yato yajñaḥ satyaṁ ca hṛdaya-śuddhiś ca trayaḥ samāḥ (tathāpi hṛdaya-śuddhiḥ śreṣṭhā) ||

Translation

जमदग्नि बोले—कोई अश्वमेध यज्ञ करे, या सैकड़ों वाजपेय यज्ञ सम्पन्न करे; अथवा नीचे सिर करके वृक्ष से लटके, या समृद्ध सत्र का आयोजन करे—

Word by Word

• जगदग्निः: Jamadagni (sage)
• जगदग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जमदग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यजेत्: should perform sacrifice
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अश्वमेधेन: by (means of) the Aśvamedha sacrifice
• अश्वमेधेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वाजपेयशतेन: by a hundred Vājapeya sacrifices
• वाजपेयशतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजपेयशत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• ह: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• अवाक्: downwards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अवाक्

• शिराः: head (with head)
• शिराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• लम्बेत: should hang (suspend himself)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लम्ब्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• सत्रम्: a satra (long sacrificial session)
• सत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• स्फीतम्: prosperous, abundant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्फीत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आहरेत्: should undertake / bring about / institute
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हृ
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

धौग्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Jamadagni
• Aśvamedha
• Vājapeya
• Satra
• Naraka