Shloka 7

Devanagari script

बृहस्पतिर्याजयतां महेन्द्र देवश्रेष्ठ वज़भृतां वरिष्ठम्‌ । संवर्तो मां याजयिताद्य राजन्‌ न ते वाक्‍्यं तस्य वा रोचयामि,गन्धर्वराज! बृहस्पतिजी वज्रधारियोंमें श्रेष्ठ देवेश्वर महेन्द्रका यज्ञ करायें। मेरा यज्ञ तो अब संवर्तजी ही करायेंगे। इसके विरुद्ध न तो मैं आपकी बात मानूँगा और न इन्द्रकी ही

Transliteration

Marutta uvāca — Bṛhaspatir yājayatāṃ Mahendram, devaśreṣṭhaṃ vajrabhṛtāṃ variṣṭham | Saṃvarto māṃ yājayitā’dya rājan, na te vākyaṃ tasya vā rocayāmi ||

Translation

ມະຣຸດຕະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຂໍໃຫ້ ບຣິຫັສປະຕິ ເປັນຜູ້ປະກອບພິທີຍັດໃຫ້ແກ່ ມະເຫນທຣະ—ເທວະຜູ້ປະເສີດສຸດ ແລະ ຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ໃນບັນດາຜູ້ຖືວັດຊະຣະ. ແຕ່ສຳລັບຍັດຂອງຂ້າ, ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ, ມື້ນີ້ ສຳວັຣຕະ (Saṃvarta) ຈະເປັນຜູ້ປະກອບ. ຂ້າບໍ່ພໍໃຈຄຳແນະນຳຂອງທ່ານ ຫຼື ຂອງອິນທຣະ».

Word by Word

• {'bṛhaspatiḥ': 'Bṛhaspati

• priest/preceptor of the gods', 'yājayatām': 'let (him) cause to perform

• let (him) officiate as priest (optative/imperative sense)', 'mahendram': 'Mahendra

• Indra, lord of the gods', 'devaśreṣṭham': 'best among the gods', 'vajrabhṛtām variṣṭham': 'the foremost among the bearers of the vajra (thunderbolt)', 'saṃvartaḥ': 'Saṃvarta

• a powerful sage/priest (often contrasted with Bṛhaspati)', 'mām': 'me', 'yājayitā': 'will officiate / will make (me) perform the sacrifice', 'adya': 'today, now', 'rājan': 'O king (vocative)', 'na': 'not', 'te vākyam': 'your statement/counsel', 'tasya vā': 'or his (i.e., Indra’s)', 'rocayāmi': 'I approve/accept

Speaker

मरुत्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Marutta
• Bṛhaspati
• Mahendra (Indra)
• Saṃvarta
• vajra (thunderbolt)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical agency in ritual and governance: a patron (king) may firmly choose his officiant and course of action, even when pressured by high authority, if he judges the alternative counsel unacceptable.

What is happening in the narrative?

Marutta responds to a kingly interlocutor, distinguishing between Indra’s sacrifice—fit for Bṛhaspati—and his own sacrifice, which he insists will be conducted by the sage Saṃvarta; he explicitly rejects both the interlocutor’s advice and Indra’s preference.