Shloka 34

Devanagari script

एतामहिंसां यज्ञेषु ब्रूयास्त्वं सततं प्रभो । प्रीतास्ततो भविष्यामो वयं तु द्विजसत्तम

Transliteration

etām ahiṃsāṃ yajñeṣu brūyās tvaṃ satataṃ prabho | prītās tato bhaviṣyāmo vayaṃ tu dvijasattama ||

Translation

主よ、祭祀に関して常にこのアヒンサー（不殺生・不害）の理を宣言したまえ。そうすればわれらは満ち足りよう――二度生まれし者のうち最勝なる者よ。

Word by Word

• एताम्: this (f.)
• एताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अहिंसाम्: non-violence
• अहिंसाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहिंसा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• ब्रूयाः: may you say / should you declare
• ब्रूयाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (ब्रवीति)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• सततम्: always, continually
• सततम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत
• Form: true

• प्रभो: O lord
• प्रभो: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रीताः: pleased, satisfied
• प्रीताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

• ततः: thereupon, from that
• ततः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: true

• भविष्यामः: we shall be / we will become
• भविष्यामः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), First, Plural, Parasmaipada

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Plural

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: true

• द्विजसत्तम: O best of the twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विजसत्तम: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• dvijasattama (an addressed eminent brāhmaṇa)
• ahiṃsā
• yajña

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse urges that ahiṃsā (non-violence) should be consistently affirmed even within the context of yajña (sacrificial ritual), framing ritual practice as accountable to ethical restraint and compassion.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśaṃpāyana’s narration, a respected figure is addressed and requested to continually teach or proclaim non-violence in relation to sacrificial rites, with the speakers expressing that such instruction will satisfy and please them.