Shloka 33

राजपूजाविधानम् / Royal Reception Protocols during Āśvamedha Preparations

Devanagari script

ततो नियुक्ता: पशवो यथाशास्त्रं मनीषिभि: । तं तं देवं समुद्दिश्य पक्षिण: पशवश्च ये

Transliteration

tato niyuktāḥ paśavo yathāśāstraṃ manīṣibhiḥ | taṃ taṃ devaṃ samuddiśya pakṣiṇaḥ paśavaś ca ye

Translation

それから、シャーストラの規定に従い、博識の祭官たちは供犠の獣を定めた。鳥も獣も、それぞれが相応の神に捧げられるように割り当てられた。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: indeclinable (ablatival adverb)

• नियुक्ताः: were appointed/assigned
• नियुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-युज्
• Form: past passive participle, masculine nominative plural

• पशवः: animals (sacrificial beasts)
• पशवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु
• Form: masculine nominative plural

• यथा: as, according to
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: indeclinable

• शास्त्रम्: scriptural rule, injunction
• शास्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र
• Form: neuter accusative singular

• मनीषिभिः: by the sages/wise men
• मनीषिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषिन्
• Form: masculine instrumental plural

• तम्: that (him/that one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine accusative singular

• तम्: that (each respective)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine accusative singular

• देवम्: deity, god
• देवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: masculine accusative singular

• समुद्दिश्य: having indicated/with reference to, addressing
• समुद्दिश्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-दिश्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable

• पक्षिणः: birds
• पक्षिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिन्
• Form: masculine nominative plural

• पशवः: animals
• पशवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु
• Form: masculine nominative plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: indeclinable

• ये: which, who (those that)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine nominative plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• devas (various deities, unspecified)
• paśavaḥ (animals)
• pakṣiṇaḥ (birds)
• śāstra (ritual injunctions)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharmic procedure: even powerful royal rites must be conducted strictly according to śāstra and under the supervision of the learned, with each act intentionally dedicated to its proper divine purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Aśvamedha proceedings, the officiants arrange and assign the sacrificial animals—birds and beasts—so that each is formally dedicated to a particular deity as prescribed by ritual law.