Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अर्थश्न सुमहान्‌ प्राप्तो येन यक्ष्यामि देवता: । पुरस्कृत्याद्य भवत: समानेष्यामहे मखम्‌,“इधर पर्याप्त धन भी मिल गया, जिससे मैं भलीभाँति देवताओंका यजन भी कर सकूँगा। अब आपलोगोंको आगे करके हमलोग उस धनको अपनी यज्ञशालामें ले आवेंगे

Transliteration

arthaś ca sumahān prāpto yena yakṣyāmi devatāḥ | puraskṛtyādya bhavataḥ samāneṣyāmahe makham ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Suatu timbunan harta yang amat besar telah diperoleh; dengannya aku akan dapat memuja para dewa dengan sempurna. Kini, dengan menempatkan kalian di hadapan, kita akan membawa harta itu masuk ke dalam balai korban (yajña-śālā) untuk upacara tersebut.”

Word by Word

अर्थश्चand wealth

सुमहान्very great

प्राप्तःobtained/has been obtained

येनby which/with which

यक्ष्यामिI shall worship/sacrifice

देवताःthe deities

पुरस्कृत्यhaving placed in front/having put forward

अद्यtoday/now

भवतःof you (honorific)

समानेष्यामहेwe shall bring/lead together

मखम्the sacrifice (yajña)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

devatāḥ (the gods)

makha (sacrificial rite/yajña)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Material wealth is presented as ethically meaningful when directed toward dharmic ends—here, sustaining proper worship and the orderly conduct of a yajña, with due honor to companions and elders.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker announces that abundant wealth has been secured and will be used to perform sacrifices to the gods; he proposes that the others be honored by being placed in front as they proceed to bring the wealth into the sacrificial arena for the rite.