Shloka 101

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

य: सहस्र॑ सहस्राणां राज्ञामयुतयाजिनाम्‌ । ईजानो वितते यज्ञे ब्राह्मणेभ्य: सुसंहित:,'ब्राह्मणोंके प्रति अनुराग रखनेवाले राजा अम्बरीषने यज्ञ करते समय अपने विशाल यज्ञमण्डपमें दस लाख ऐसे राजाओंको उन ब्राह्मणोंकी सेवामें नियुक्त किया था, जो स्वयं भी दस-दस हजार यज्ञ कर चुके थे

Transliteration

yaḥ sahasra-sahasrāṇāṃ rājñām ayuta-yājinām | ījāno vitate yajñe brāhmaṇebhyaḥ su-saṃhitaḥ ||

Translation

ヴァーユは言った。「その王アンバリーシャは、婆羅門（ブラーフマナ）に対して篤い敬愛を抱き、堅く帰依していた。広大にして精緻な祭祀を執り行うにあたり、彼は大いなる祭場において、みずからも祭祀に熟達した王たちを幾重にも任じ、婆羅門たちに仕えさせ、随侍させたのだ。」

Word by Word

यःwho

सहस्रa thousand

सहस्राणाम्of thousands

राज्ञाम्of kings

अयुतयाजिनाम्of those who have performed ten-thousand sacrifices

ईजानःsacrificing / performing (a sacrifice)

विततेin the extended/spread-out

यज्ञेin the sacrifice

ब्राह्मणेभ्यःto/for the Brahmins

सुसंहितःwell-arranged / well-prepared

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

King Ambarīṣa

kings (rājānaḥ)

Brāhmaṇas

yajña (sacrifice)

yajña-maṇḍapa (sacrificial pavilion, implied by context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic ideal of kingship: true greatness is shown by honoring and supporting Brāhmaṇas and sacred rites. Even powerful rulers should place their resources and authority in the service of those dedicated to learning, ritual, and ethical order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu describes King Ambarīṣa conducting an immense sacrifice and assigning vast numbers of other kings—renowned for their own sacrificial merit—to attend upon and serve the Brāhmaṇas within the sacrificial setting, emphasizing the scale of the rite and the king’s reverence.