Shloka 18

Śiśupāla-nigraha-prastāva: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Conciliation and Bhīṣma’s Defense of Kṛṣṇa

Book 2, Chapter 35

Devanagari script

इडाज्यहोमाहुतिभिमन्त्रशिक्षाविशारदै: । तस्मिन्‌ हि ततृपुर्देवास्तते यज्ञे महर्षिभि:

Transliteration

iḍājyahomāhutibhir mantraśikṣāviśāradaiḥ | tasmin hi tatṛpur devās tate yajñe maharṣibhiḥ ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໃນຍັດນັ້ນ ທີ່ຖືກປະກອບຢ່າງພິຖີພິຖັນໂດຍມະຫາຣິສີຜູ້ຊຳນານໃນວິໄນແຫ່ງການສວດມົນວິເທດ ແລະການສອນພິທີກຳ, ບັນດາເທວະດາໄດ້ອິ່ມໃຈຢ່າງເຕັມທີ່ ດ້ວຍ iḍā (ການສວດມົນແລະການສັນລະເສີນຕາມພິທີ), ດ້ວຍການຫຼອມເນີຍໃສ່ໄຟ, ແລະດ້ວຍອາຫຸຕິຫຼາຍປະເພດທີ່ຖວາຍໃນນັ້ນ.

Word by Word

• इडा: iḍā (a ritual recitation/oblation; praise/chant)
• इडा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इडा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• आज्य: ghee (clarified butter)
• आज्य: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्य
• Form: Neuter, Stem (compound member), —

• होम: offering (homa)
• होम: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम
• Form: Masculine, Stem (compound member), —

• आहुतिभिः: with oblations
• आहुतिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहुति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• मन्त्र: mantra
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Stem (compound member), —

• शिक्षा: instruction/recitation-training (śikṣā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Stem (compound member), —

• विशारदैः: by the skilled/learned (ones)
• विशारदैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशारद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• ततृपुः: were satisfied
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तते: was extended/spread (was performed in an expanded manner)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तन्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महर्षिभिः: by the great sages
• महर्षिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• devāḥ (the gods)
• maharṣayaḥ (great seers)
• yajña (sacrifice)
• iḍā (ritual recitation/praise)
• ajya (ghee)
• homa (fire-offering)
• āhuti (oblations)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that dharmic ritual is not merely an external act: when sacrifice is performed by competent sages with correct mantra-recitation and proper offerings, it becomes efficacious and sustains cosmic and moral order, bringing satisfaction to the divine powers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a sacrifice conducted by great seers expert in mantra and śikṣā; through iḍā (ritual praise/recitation), ghee oblations, and other offerings, the gods are said to become pleased and satisfied.