Shloka 18
Marutta’s Sacrifice and Agni’s Embassy (मरुत्त-यज्ञे दूतत्वम्)
तथा लोका मानुषा ये च दिव्या: प्रजापतेश्वापि ये वै महान्त: । ते ते जिता देवराज्यं च कृत्स्नं बृहस्पतिर्याजयेच्चेन्नरेन्द्र
tathā lokā mānuṣā ye ca divyāḥ prajāpateś cāpi ye vai mahāntaḥ | te te jitā devarājyaṃ ca kṛtsnaṃ bṛhaspatir yājayec cen narendra ||
ມາຣຸຕຕະກ່າວວ່າ: «ດັ່ງນັ້ນແຫຼະ ໂລກທັງປວງ—ທັງໂລກມະນຸດ ແລະ ໂລກເທວະ—ກະທັ້ງອານາເຂດອັນໃຫຍ່ຫຼວງຂອງພຣະປຣະຊາປະຕິ (Prajāpati) ກໍຈະຖືກຊະນະເພື່ອເຈົ້າ; ແລະອຳນາດແຫ່ງອານາຈັກເທວະທັງມວນກໍຈະເປັນຂອງເຈົ້າ, ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ, ຖ້າພຣະບຣິຫັສປະຕິ (Bṛhaspati) ເອງເປັນຜູ້ປະກອບພິທີບູຊາ. ໂດຍການອະພິເສກນັ້ນ ກຽດສັກສີຂອງເຈົ້າຈະພູງສູງ ແລະການເຂົ້າເຖິງໂລກສູງສຸດຈະແນ່ນອນ».
मरुत्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links royal success and access to higher realms with properly conducted sacrifice under an authoritative priest (Bṛhaspati), emphasizing that spiritual legitimacy and right ritual agency are portrayed as sources of fame and ‘victory’ beyond mere force.
Marutta speaks about the extraordinary results a king can attain if Bṛhaspati agrees to officiate the king’s sacrifice: human and divine realms, even Prajāpati’s great worlds, and the full ‘kingdom of the gods’ are described as becoming attainable.