Shloka 19

जयद्रथ-निग्रहः — Jayadratha Restrained, Shamed, and Released

Devanagari script

एष ते वैष्णवो नाम यज्ञ: सत्पुरुषोचित:

Transliteration

eṣa te vaiṣṇavo nāma yajñaḥ satpuruṣocitaḥ |

Translation

“Inilah yajña yang bernama ‘Vaiṣṇava’—yang layak bagi orang-orang saleh dan berbudi.”

Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• वैष्णवः: Vaiṣṇava; pertaining to Viṣṇu
• वैष्णवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name; called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन्
• Form: true

• यज्ञः: sacrifice; ritual
• यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्पुरुषोचितः: befitting a good/noble person
• सत्पुरुषोचितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्पुरुषोचित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Viṣṇu
• Vaiṣṇava-yajña

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.