Shloka 15

Devanagari script

इष्टय: पशुबन्धाश्न काम्यनैमित्तिकाश्न ये । वर्तन्ते पाकयज्ञाश्ष यज्ञकर्म च नित्यदा,इष्टि (पूजा), पशुबन्ध (पशुओंको बाँधना), काम्य याग, नैमित्तिक याग, पाकयज्ञ तथा नित्ययज्ञ--ये सब भी आपके यहाँ बराबर चलते रहते हैं

Transliteration

iṣṭayaḥ paśubandhāś ca kāmyanaimittikāś ca ye | vartante pākayajñāś ca yajñakarma ca nityadā ||

Translation

Iṣṭi (persembahan), paśubandha (ritus pengikatan hewan kurban), yajña yang didorong hasrat (kāmya) dan yang dilakukan karena sebab tertentu (naimittika), pākayajña rumah tangga, serta kewajiban yajña harian—semuanya di kediamanmu berlangsung tanpa putus.

Word by Word

इष्टयःofferings/oblations (iṣṭis)

पशुबन्धाःanimal-sacrifices (lit. binding of animals)

काम्यनैमित्तिकाःoptional (desire-motivated) and occasional (rite-caused)

चand

येwhich/that (those)

वर्तन्तेtake place / are carried on

पाकयज्ञाःpākayajñas (domestic/household sacrifices)

यज्ञकर्मsacrificial rite/ritual act

चand

नित्यदाalways / continually

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic ideal of continuity in prescribed rites: daily (nitya), occasion-based (naimittika), and desire-motivated (kāmya) sacrifices, along with domestic pākayajñas, are presented as ongoing disciplines that sustain religious and social order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses his interlocutor and notes that in that person’s domain or household, a full range of sacrificial observances—major offerings, animal-rite procedures, special-purpose sacrifices, and daily domestic rites—are being maintained regularly, indicating prosperity and adherence to dharma.