Shloka 253

Devanagari script

विश्वावसुश्न ये चान्ये ते5प्युपासन्तु मे मखम्‌ । “दिव्य अप्सराओंके समुदाय, गन्धर्व, किन्नर, विश्वावसु तथा जो अन्य प्रमुख गन्धर्व हैं, वे सब यहाँ आकर मेरे यज्ञकी उपासना करें

Transliteration

Viśvāvāsuś ca ye cānye te 'py upāsantu me makham.

Translation

ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ವಿಶ್ವಾವಸು ಮತ್ತು ಇತರ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಗಂಧರ್ವರೂ ನನ್ನ ಈ ಮಖವನ್ನು (ಯಜ್ಞವನ್ನು) ಉಪಾಸಿಸಲಿ. ದಿವ್ಯ ಅಪ್ಸರಾಸಮೂಹಗಳು, ಗಂಧರ್ವರು, ಕಿನ್ನರರು—ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದು ನನ್ನ ಯಜ್ಞದಲ್ಲಿ ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತರಾಗಿ ಸೇವಿಸಲಿ.

Word by Word

विश्वावसवःthe Gandharvas named Viśvāvasu (Viśvāvasus)

येwho

चand

अन्येothers

तेthey

अपिalso/even

उपासन्तुlet them worship/attend upon

मेmy/of me

मखम्sacrifice (yajña)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Viśvāvāsu

Gandharvas

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?

A major royal sacrifice is not merely personal piety but a dharmic public act: it seeks rightful order and legitimacy by inviting worthy witnesses—here, celestial Gandharvas—emphasizing that power must be exercised under ritual and moral accountability.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Aśvamedha context, an invitation is issued for Viśvāvāsu and other Gandharvas to come and participate in (or honor) the sacrifice, portraying the rite as an event of cosmic significance attended by divine beings.