Shloka 41
Adhyāya 31: Rājasūya-samāgama — The Gathering of Kings and the Ordering of Hospitality
सहदेव उवाच त्वदर्थो5्यं समारम्भ: कृष्णवर्त्मन् नमोस्तु ते । मुखं त्वमसि देवानां यज्ञस्त्वमसि पावक,सहदेव बोले--कृष्णवर्त्मन्! हमारा यह आयोजन तो आपहीके लिये है, आपको नमस्कार है। पावक! आप देवताओंके मुख हैं, यज्ञस्वरूप हैं
sahadeva uvāca | tvadartho ’yaṃ samārambhaḥ kṛṣṇavartman namo ’stu te | mukhaṃ tvam asi devānāṃ yajñas tvam asi pāvaka ||
Sahadeva berkata: “Usaha ini ditujukan untukmu sahaja, wahai Kṛṣṇavartman; sembah sujudku kepadamu. Wahai Pāvaka, engkaulah mulut para dewa; engkaulah sendiri rupa korban suci (yajña).”
सहदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches reverence for Agni as the divine mediator of sacrifice: honoring the sacred fire is treated as honoring the gods and sustaining dharma through properly directed ritual action.
Sahadeva addresses the sacred fire during a ritual context, declaring that the undertaking is meant for it and praising it as the gods’ ‘mouth’—the channel through which offerings reach the divine—and as the embodiment of the sacrifice itself.