Shloka 9

स यज्ञकार: कौन्तेय पित्रोत्सृष्ट: परंतप । प्रायाद्‌ गर्दभयुक्तेन रथेनाप्याशुगामिना,शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले कुन्तीकुमार! एक दिन अपने पिताके भेजनेपर मतंग किसी यजमानका यज्ञ करानेके लिये गधोंसे जुते हुए शीघ्रगामी रथपर बैठकर चला

sa yajñakāraḥ kaunteya pitrotsṛṣṭaḥ parantapa | prāyād gardabhayuktena rathenāpy āśugāminā ||

ビーシュマは言った。「クンティの子、敵を焼く者よ――祭式を執り行う祭官マタンガは、ある時父の命により、施主のヤジュニャ(yajña)を司るために出立した。彼はロバを繋いだ疾走する車に乗り、その任を受けた儀礼へと向かった。」

सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यज्ञकारःsacrificer / performer of a sacrifice
यज्ञकारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञकार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कौन्तेयO son of Kunti
कौन्तेय:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकौन्तेय
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पित्राby (his) father
पित्रा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
उत्सृष्टःsent forth / dispatched
उत्सृष्टः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउत्सृज्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
परंतपO scorcher of foes
परंतप:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपरंतप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
प्रायात्went forth / departed
प्रायात्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-या
FormAorist (लुङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
गर्दभयुक्तेनyoked with donkeys
गर्दभयुक्तेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootगर्दभयुक्त
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
रथेनby/with a chariot
रथेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अपिalso / even
अपि:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
आशुगामिनाswift-going
आशुगामिना:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootआशुगामिन्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
K
Kaunteya (Yudhishthira)
M
Matanga
F
father of Matanga
Y
yajamāna (sacrificial patron)
Y
yajña
R
ratha (chariot)
G
gardabha (donkeys)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames dharma through disciplined duty: an officiant proceeds to a sacrifice when commissioned by his father, emphasizing obedience to elders and commitment to ritual responsibility.

Bhishma begins an illustrative episode: Matanga, a sacrificial priest, is sent by his father to conduct a patron’s yajña and travels quickly in a donkey-yoked chariot to reach the rite.