Shloka 8

Āśvamedha-dīkṣā-nirdeśaḥ — Scheduling the Initiation and Assigning Protection for the Horse

Devanagari script

ततस्तत्‌ परमाश्चर्य विचित्र महदद्भुतम्‌

Transliteration

tatastat paramāścarya vicitra mahadadbhutam

Translation

ထို့နောက် အလွန်အံ့ဩဖွယ်ကောင်း၍ ထူးဆန်းသည့်၊ အလွန်ကြီးမား၍ မဟာအံ့ဩဖွယ်ဖြစ်သော အဖြစ်အပျက်တစ်ရပ် ပေါ်ပေါက်လာကာ၊ ၎င်း၏ ထူးကဲလွန်ကဲမှုကြောင့် လူတိုင်း၏ အာရုံကို ဆွဲယူသွား하였다။

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पञ्चमी-तसिल्)

• तत्: that (thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• परमाश्चर्य: most wondrous; supremely astonishing
• परमाश्चर्य: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + आश्चर्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विचित्र: variegated; strange; remarkable
• विचित्र: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अद्भुतम्: a marvel; wonderful (thing)
• अद्भुतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the epic motif that extraordinary, awe-inspiring events can mark turning points in dharmic narratives, prompting attentiveness, humility, and careful interpretation rather than rash judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana signals a transition: after the preceding events, something exceptionally marvelous and unusual occurs, preparing the listener for an important development in the Ashvamedhika Parva storyline.