Shloka 15

अश्वमेधावसानम् — Dakṣiṇā-vibhāga and Avabhṛtha

Completion of the Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

आगमेनैव ते यज्ञं कुर्वन्तु यदि चेच्छसि

Transliteration

āgamenaiva te yajñaṃ kurvantu yadi cecchasi

Translation

“तुमची इच्छा असल्यास, ते तुमचा यज्ञ केवळ आगम-परंपरा व प्रमाण विधीनुसारच करोत.”

Word by Word

• आगमेन: by (your) coming/arrival
• आगमेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कुर्वन्तु: let them perform
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इच्छसि: you desire/wish
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual action should be grounded in authorized tradition (āgama) rather than personal whim; even a king’s sacrifice is to be conducted according to established dharmic procedure.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports an instruction or permission: if the addressed person agrees, the officiants should carry out the intended sacrifice following the proper traditional rules.