Shloka 4

Gaya’s Seven Aśvamedhas, Payoṣṇī Snāna, and the Śaryāti Sacrifice Locale

Lomaśa–Yudhiṣṭhira Dialogue

Devanagari script

तस्य सप्तसु यज्ञेषु सर्वमासीद्धिरण्मयम्‌ । वानस्पत्यं च भौम॑ च यद्‌ द्रव्यं नियतं मखे,यज्ञमें जो वस्तुएँ नियमितरूपसे काष्ठ और मिट्टीकी बनी हुई होती हैं, ये सब-की सब राजा गयके उक्त सातों यज्ञोंमें सुवर्णसे बनायी गयी थीं

Transliteration

tasya saptasu yajñeṣu sarvam āsīd hiraṇmayam | vānaspatyaṃ ca bhaumaṃ ca yad dravyaṃ niyataṃ makhe ||

Translation

Dalam tujuh kurbannya, segala sesuatu dibuat dari emas. Bahkan bahan-bahan ritual yang menurut ketentuan biasanya terbuat dari kayu atau tanah liat, dalam upacara kurban sang raja itu pun dibentuk dari emas.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that (king)
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सप्तसु: in (the) seven
• सप्तसु: Adhikarana
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• यज्ञेषु: in sacrifices
• यज्ञेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• हिरण्मयम्: made of gold
• हिरण्मयम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्मय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वानस्पत्यम्: wooden; made of timber
• वानस्पत्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: वानस्पत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भौमम्: earthen; made of clay
• भौमम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: भौम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• द्रव्यम्: material, substance
• द्रव्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नियतं: prescribed, fixed
• नियतं: Karta
• Type: Adjective (PPP)
• Root: नियत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मखे: in the sacrifice (rite)
• मखे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मख
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• King Gaya
• seven sacrifices (sapta-yajña)
• gold (hiraṇya)
• wooden ritual materials (vānaspatya-dravya)
• earthen/clay ritual materials (bhauma-dravya)