Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तत्पश्चात्‌ उन्होंने यज्ञके साधनों, हविष्यों, यज्ञभागके अधिकारी देवताओं और यज्ञोपयोगी द्रव्योंकी कल्पना की ।।

Transliteration

tataḥ paścāt yajñasya sādhanāni haviṃṣi yajñabhāgādhikāriṇaḥ devatāḥ yajñopayogīni dravyāṇi ca kalpayām āsuḥ | tā vai rudram ajānantyo yāthātathyena devatāḥ | na akalpayanta devasya sthāṇor bhāgaṃ narādhipa |

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ຕໍ່ຈາກນັ້ນ ພວກເຂົາໄດ້ຈັດຕຽມຕາມຄວາມຄວນຄືນ ທັງເຄື່ອງປະກອບຂອງຍັດ, ເຄື່ອງຖວາຍ, ເທວະດາຜູ້ມີສິດຮັບສ່ວນແບ່ງ, ແລະວັດຖຸທີ່ໃຊ້ໃນພິທີ. ແຕ່ເນື່ອງຈາກເທວະດາຍັງບໍ່ຮູ້ຈັກຣຸດຣະໃນສະພາບທີ່ແທ້ ພວກເຂົາຈຶ່ງບໍ່ໄດ້ກຳນົດສ່ວນໃດໆໃນຍັດໃຫ້ແກ່ພຣະເຈົ້າຜູ້ມີນາມວ່າ “ສະຖານຸ” (ສິວະ), ໂອ ພຣະຣາຊາ.

Word by Word

• ताḥ: they (those)
• ताḥ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• रुद्रम्: Rudra
• रुद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अजानन्त्यः: not knowing
• अजानन्त्यः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अजानत् (√ज्ञा)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural, शतृ (present active participle), Parasmaipada (active)

• याथातथ्येन: in accordance with reality / truly
• याथातथ्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: याथातथ्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• देवताः: the deities
• देवताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अकल्पयन्: they did not allot / they did not assign
• Type: Verb
• Root: अकल्पयत् (√कॢप्/कल्प् caus.)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• देवस्य: of the god
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• स्थाणोः: of Sthāṇu (Shiva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थाणु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भागम्: a share / portion
• भागम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नराधिप: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Rudra
• Sthāṇu (Śiva)
• devatāḥ (the gods)
• yajña (sacrifice)
• havis (oblations)
• yajñabhāga (sacrificial shares)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual and moral order depend on right knowledge and rightful inclusion: when a legitimate divine claimant (Rudra/Śiva) is not recognized and given his due share, the sacrificial arrangement becomes incomplete and invites disorder.

What is happening in the narrative?

The gods organize the components of a sacrifice—offerings, recipients, and materials—but because they do not yet understand Rudra’s true status, they fail to allot a sacrificial portion to Śiva (Sthāṇu).