Shloka 33

Vasiṣṭhasya śokaḥ, Vipāśā–Śatadrū-nāmākaraṇam, Kalmāṣapādasya bhaya-prasaṅgaḥ (Ādi Parva 167)

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्य नरेन्द्रस्य उपयाजो महातपा: । आचर्ख्यौ कर्म वैतानं तदा पुत्रफलाय वै

Transliteration

tatastasyanarendrasya upayājo mahātapāḥ | ācarkhyau karma vaitānaṃ tadā putraphalāya vai ||

Translation

ನಂತರ ಆ ನರೇಂದ್ರನಿಗೆ ಮಹಾತಪಸ್ವಿಯಾದ ಉಪಯಾಜನು ಪುತ್ರಫಲಪ್ರಾಪ್ತಿಗಾಗಿ ವೈದಿಕ ಯಜ್ಞಕರ್ಮದ ವಿಧಿವಿಧಾನವನ್ನು ವಿವರಿಸಿದನು.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुं/नपुं, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• नरेन्द्रस्य: of the king (lord of men)
• नरेन्द्रस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेन्द्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• उपयाजः: Upayāja (name of a sage/priest)
• उपयाजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपयाज
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महातपाः: the great ascetic
• महातपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातपस्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• आचर्ख्यौ: told/declared
• आचर्ख्यौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चक्ष्
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• कर्म: rite/act (ritual procedure)
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वैतानम्: pertaining to the Vaitāna (śrauta) ritual
• वैतानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैतान
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय

• पुत्रफलाय: for the fruit (in the form) of a son
• पुत्रफलाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रफल
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• वै: indeed/assuredly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै
• Form: अव्यय

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Upayāja
• King (Trupada implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that ritual action (vaitāna karma) is guided by intention and desired fruit; seeking a son through sacrifice is presented as a weighty, dharma-shaped decision whose consequences extend beyond private desire into public destiny.

What is happening in the narrative?

Upayāja, described as a great ascetic, instructs the king in the correct Vedic sacrificial procedure to obtain the result of a son, setting the stage for the king’s planned progeny and the larger chain of events connected with future enmity and war.