Shloka 9

दानशील-समाचारः, सत्कारः, अहिंसा च

Umā–Maheśvara Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

अग्निकार्य ऋयहं कुर्यान्निराहार: समाहित: । ततः संवत्सरे पूर्णे प्रतिगृह्लन्ति देवता:

Transliteration

agnikāryam ṛjvahaṁ kuryān nirāhāraḥ samāhitaḥ | tataḥ saṁvatsare pūrṇe pratigṛhlanti devatāḥ ||

Translation

ധൗമ്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു—നിരാഹാരനായി, സമാഹിതചിത്തത്തോടെ, നിഷ്കപടമായ നേര്മയോടെ അഗ്നികർമ്മം അനുഷ്ഠിക്കണം. പിന്നെ ഒരു വർഷം പൂർണ്ണമായാൽ ദേവതകൾ ആ ആഹുതിയും വ്രതവും സ്വീകരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

अग्निकार्यम्fire-ritual (agni-duty)

ऋषिअहम्me, the sage (as object/identifier)

कुर्यात्should do / would perform

निराहारःfasting / without food

समाहितःcollected, concentrated

ततःthen / thereafter

संवत्सरेin a year

पूर्णेwhen completed

प्रतिगृह्णन्तिaccept / receive

देवताःthe deities

Speaker

धौग्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

ध

धौग्य (Dhaugya)

द

देवता (the deities)

अ

अग्नि/अग्निकार्य (sacred fire-rite)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual efficacy is tied to inner discipline: straightforward intent (ṛju-bhāva), fasting, and mental concentration sustained over time. The verse emphasizes that divine acceptance follows completed, steady observance rather than mere outward performance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhaugya is prescribing a disciplined observance: performing the fire-rite while fasting and remaining mentally composed, continuing until a full year is completed; at that completion, the deities are said to accept the rite/vow.