Shloka 9

जयद्रथ-निग्रहः — Jayadratha Restrained, Shamed, and Released

Devanagari script

ऋत्विजश्न समाहूता यथोक्ता वेदपारगा: । क्रियां कुर्वन्तु ते राजन्‌ यथाशास्त्रमरिंदम,“शत्रुदमन नरेश! तुम्हारे द्वारा आमन्त्रित शास्त्रोक्त योग्यतासे सम्पन्न वेदज्ञ ऋत्विक्‌ विधिके अनुसार सब कार्य करें

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: Ṛtvijaś ca samāhūtā yathoktā vedapāragāḥ | Kriyāṁ kurvantu te rājan yathāśāstram arindama ||

Translation

അരിന്ദമ രാജാവേ! നീ യഥോക്തമായി വിളിച്ചുവരുത്തിയ വേദപാരംഗതരായ ഋത്വിജന്മാർ ശാസ്ത്രാനുസാരമായി എല്ലാ ക്രിയകളും നിർവഹിക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• ऋत्विजः: priests (ṛtviks)
• ऋत्विजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत्विज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समाहूताः: summoned, called together
• समाहूताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-ह्वा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, kta (past passive participle)

• यथा: as, according to
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• उक्ताः: appointed/mentioned (as prescribed)
• उक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, kta (past passive participle)

• वेदपारगाः: knowers of the Veda (those who have gone to the end of the Veda)
• वेदपारगाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेदपारग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्रियाम्: rite, ritual act
• क्रियाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिया
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कुर्वन्तु: let them do / may they perform
• कुर्वन्तु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative (Lot), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यथा: as, according to
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• शास्त्रम्: scriptural rule, injunction
• शास्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अरिंदम: O subduer of foes
• अरिंदम: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिंदम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• the king (rājan, arindama)
• ṛtvij (Vedic priests)
• Veda
• śāstra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharma through correct procedure: even powerful rulers should ensure that sacred acts are performed by qualified Vedic priests and strictly according to śāstra, not by whim or expediency.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a king, noting that the invited Veda-knowing priests have been assembled and should now proceed to perform the prescribed ritual actions in full conformity with scriptural rules.