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Shloka 10

Chapter 84: Brahmā’s Counsel on Tāraka, the Search for Agni, and the Genesis of Skanda

Kārttikeya

किं च यज्ञस्य यज्ञत्वं क्व च यज्ञ: प्रतिष्ठित: । देवानामुत्तमं कि च कि च सत्रमित: परम्‌

kiṃ ca yajñasya yajñatvaṃ kva ca yajñaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ | devānām uttamaṃ kiṃ ca kiṃ ca satram itaḥ param ||

ဘိဿမက ယဇ္ဉ၏ အတွင်းအဓိပ္ပါယ်ကို ထိုးထွင်းမေးမြန်းသည်။ အမှန်တကယ် «ယဇ္ဉ» ဟု ခေါ်ထိုက်စေသော အရာသည် အဘယ်နည်း။ ယဇ္ဉသည် မည်သည့် အခြေခံပေါ်တွင် တည်နေသနည်း။ ဒေဝတို့အတွက် အမြင့်ဆုံးကောင်းကျိုးဟူသည် အဘယ်နည်း။ ထို့ထက်ပင် မြင့်မြတ်သည်ဟု ဆိုသော စတရ (အထူးယဇ္ဉပွဲ/အနုသီလ) သည် မည်သို့နည်း။ ဤမေးခွန်းများသည် ရိုးရာအခမ်းအနားလုပ်ဆောင်မှုမှ ထွက်ကာ၊ အခမ်းအနားကို သမာဓိနှင့် ဓမ္မတရားအရ တရားဝင်စေသော မူလသဘောတရားနှင့် ရည်ရွယ်ချက်သို့ ဦးတည်စေသည်။

किम्what
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यज्ञस्यof the sacrifice
यज्ञस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
यज्ञत्वम्the state/essence of being a sacrifice
यज्ञत्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञत्व
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
क्वwhere
क्व:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यज्ञःthe sacrifice
यज्ञः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रतिष्ठितःis established/grounded
प्रतिष्ठितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतिष्ठित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
उत्तमम्best, highest
उत्तमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
किम्what
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
किम्what
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सत्रम्a sacrificial session (sattra)
सत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्र
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
इतःfrom here/than this
इतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइतः
परम्higher, superior
परम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
D
Devas (gods)
Y
Yajña (sacrifice)
S
Satra (sacrificial session)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames a dharmic inquiry: ritual is not self-justifying; its true status as ‘yajña’ depends on the principle that grounds it (its pratiṣṭhā) and the highest aim it serves. It invites evaluation of sacrifice by inner essence and ethical-spiritual purpose rather than by external form alone.

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma poses a sequence of questions to guide the listener toward a deeper understanding of sacrificial practice—what defines yajña, what supports it, what benefits the gods most, and what observance surpasses even standard sacrificial rites.