Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तत्पश्चात्‌ उन्होंने यज्ञके साधनों, हविष्यों, यज्ञभागके अधिकारी देवताओं और यज्ञोपयोगी द्रव्योंकी कल्पना की ।। ता वै रुद्रमजानन्त्यो याथातथ्येन देवता: । नाकल्पयन्त देवस्य स्थाणोर्भागं नराधिप,नरेश्वर! उस समय देवता भगवान्‌ रुद्रको यथार्थ-रूपसे नहीं जानते थे; इसलिये उन्होंने 'स्थाणु' नामधारी भगवान्‌ शिवके भागकी कल्पना नहीं की

Transliteration

tataḥ paścāt yajñasya sādhanāni haviṃṣi yajñabhāgādhikāriṇaḥ devatāḥ yajñopayogīni dravyāṇi ca kalpayām āsuḥ | tā vai rudram ajānantyo yāthātathyena devatāḥ | na akalpayanta devasya sthāṇor bhāgaṃ narādhipa |

Translation

Wahai raja, pada masa itu para dewa belum mengenal Rudra dalam hakikatnya; karena itu mereka tidak menetapkan bagian yajña bagi Sang Dewa yang dikenal sebagai Sthāṇu (Śiva).

Word by Word

ताḥthey (those)

वैindeed

रुद्रम्Rudra

अजानन्त्यःnot knowing

याथातथ्येनin accordance with reality / truly

देवताःthe deities

नnot

अकल्पयन्they did not allot / they did not assign

देवस्यof the god

स्थाणोःof Sthāṇu (Shiva)

भागम्a share / portion

नराधिपO lord of men (king)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Rudra

Sthāṇu (Śiva)

devatāḥ (the gods)

yajña (sacrifice)

havis (oblations)

yajñabhāga (sacrificial shares)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual and moral order depend on right knowledge and rightful inclusion: when a legitimate divine claimant (Rudra/Śiva) is not recognized and given his due share, the sacrificial arrangement becomes incomplete and invites disorder.

What is happening in the narrative?

The gods organize the components of a sacrifice—offerings, recipients, and materials—but because they do not yet understand Rudra’s true status, they fail to allot a sacrificial portion to Śiva (Sthāṇu).