Shloka 36

Agni’s Withdrawal to the Forest and Identification with Āṅgirasa (अग्न्याङ्गिरस-इतिहासः)

Devanagari script

योड्ध्यापयेदधीयीत यजेद्‌ वा याजयीत वा

Transliteration

yoddhyāpayed adhīyīta yajed vā yājayīta vā

Translation

バラモンは言った。「人は他者に戦の術を教えることもでき、また聖なる学びに励むこともできる。自ら供犠を行うこともでき、あるいは祭司として他者のために供犠を執り行い導くこともできる。」

Word by Word

• योध्यापयेत्: should cause (someone) to fight / should train for battle
• योध्यापयेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Potential/Optative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative (णिच्)

• अधीयीत: should study
• अधीयीत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-इ
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Potential/Optative, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• यजेत्: should sacrifice / should worship
• यजेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Potential/Optative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• याजयीत: should cause (someone) to sacrifice / should officiate as priest
• याजयीत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Potential/Optative, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada, Causative (णिच्)

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (a brāhmaṇa speaker)
• यज्ञ (sacrifice, as an institution)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse lists legitimate avenues of action—teaching martial skills, pursuing Vedic study, performing sacrifice, or officiating for others—framing them as recognized duties/occupations within a dharmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

A brāhmaṇa speaker is enumerating permissible forms of conduct and livelihood, contrasting different sanctioned activities (instruction, study, sacrifice, priestly officiation) as part of a broader discussion on dharma.