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Shloka 9

Indra–Mataṅga Saṃvāda: On the rarity and responsibilities of Brāhmaṇya (इन्द्र-मतङ्ग संवादः)

स यज्ञकार: कौन्तेय पित्रोत्सृष्ट: परंतप । प्रायाद्‌ गर्दभयुक्तेन रथेनाप्याशुगामिना

sa yajñakāraḥ kaunteya pitrotsṛṣṭaḥ parantapa | prāyād gardabhayuktena rathenāpy āśugāminā ||

ဘီရှ္မက ပြောသည်– «ကွန်တီ၏သား၊ ရန်သူတို့ကို မီးလောင်စေသူရေ—ယဇ္ဉကို ဆောင်ရွက်ပေးသော ပုရောဟိတ် မတင်္ဂသည် တစ်ခါတုန်းက ဖခင်၏ အမိန့်အရ ယဇ္ဉပွဲကို ကူညီဆောင်ရွက်ရန် ယဇမာန်တစ်ဦးထံ သွားခဲ့သည်။ လာများချည်ထားသော လျင်မြန်သည့် ရထားပေါ်တွင် ထိုင်ကာ ထိုပူဇော်ပွဲသို့ ထွက်ခွာသွားလေသည်»။

सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यज्ञकारःsacrificer / performer of a sacrifice
यज्ञकारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञकार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कौन्तेयO son of Kunti
कौन्तेय:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकौन्तेय
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पित्राby (his) father
पित्रा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
उत्सृष्टःsent forth / dispatched
उत्सृष्टः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउत्सृज्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
परंतपO scorcher of foes
परंतप:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपरंतप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
प्रायात्went forth / departed
प्रायात्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-या
FormAorist (लुङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
गर्दभयुक्तेनyoked with donkeys
गर्दभयुक्तेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootगर्दभयुक्त
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
रथेनby/with a chariot
रथेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अपिalso / even
अपि:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
आशुगामिनाswift-going
आशुगामिना:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootआशुगामिन्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
K
Kaunteya (Yudhishthira)
M
Matanga
F
father of Matanga
Y
yajamāna (sacrificial patron)
Y
yajña
R
ratha (chariot)
G
gardabha (donkeys)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames dharma through disciplined duty: an officiant proceeds to a sacrifice when commissioned by his father, emphasizing obedience to elders and commitment to ritual responsibility.

Bhishma begins an illustrative episode: Matanga, a sacrificial priest, is sent by his father to conduct a patron’s yajña and travels quickly in a donkey-yoked chariot to reach the rite.