Shloka 41
Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine
Sanskrit
प्रणिपत्य तथेशानमेकबाणविनिर्जितैः ।
यस्यासुरगणैर्यज्ञा विलुप्यन्ते न यज्विनाम् ॥
Transliteration
praṇipatya tatheśānam ekabāṇavinirjitaiḥ /
yasyāsuragaṇair yajñā vilupyante na yajvinām //
Translation
त्या प्रभू ईशानाला नमस्कार करून, एका बाणानेच पराभूत झालेले ते म्हणाले—ज्याच्या असुरगणांनी यजमानांचे यज्ञ लुटले व नष्ट केले जातात।
Speakers
Narrative voice (Purāṇic narrator); specific interlocutors not explicit in this single verse
Primary Deities
Īśāna (Śiva / Lordship principle)
Key ThemesDharmaProtection of yajña (sacrifice)Conflict between Devas and AsurasCosmic order upheld through ritual