Shloka 29

राजसूयविचारः — Deliberation on the Rajasuya and the Summoning of Kṛṣṇa

Devanagari script

बहुविध्नश्व नृपते क्रतुरेष स्मृतो महान्‌ छिद्राण्यस्य तु वाउ्छन्ति यज्ञघ्ना ब्रह्म॒राक्षसा:,राजन! इस महान्‌ यज्ञमें बहुत-से विध्न आनेकी सम्भावना रहती है; क्योंकि यज्ञनाशक ब्रह्मराक्षस इसका छिठद्र ढूँढ़ते रहते हैं

Transliteration

bahuvidhnāś ca nṛpate kratur eṣa smṛto mahān | chidraṇy asya tu vāñchanti yajñaghnā brahmarākṣasāḥ ||

Translation

ନାରଦ କହିଲେ—ହେ ରାଜନ୍! ଏହି ଯଜ୍ଞ ମହାନ୍ କ୍ରତୁ ବୋଲି ସ୍ମୃତ, କିନ୍ତୁ ଏଥିରେ ବହୁ ବିଘ୍ନ ଆସିବାର ସମ୍ଭାବନା ରହେ; କାରଣ ଯଜ୍ଞଘ୍ନ ବ୍ରହ୍ମରାକ୍ଷସମାନେ ଏହାର ଛିଦ୍ର ଖୋଜି ଚାଲନ୍ତି—ଅବସର ମିଳିଲେ ନଷ୍ଟ କରିବାକୁ।

Word by Word

बहुविघ्नःhaving many obstacles

चand

नृपतेO king

क्रतुःsacrifice; rite

एषःthis

स्मृतःis considered/remembered (as)

महान्great

छिद्राणिflaws; weak points; openings

अस्यof this (sacrifice)

तुbut/indeed

अन्विच्छन्तिseek; look for

यज्ञघ्नाःsacrifice-destroying

ब्रह्मराक्षसाःbrahma-rakshasas (a class of demons)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

न

नारद (Nārada)

न

नृपति/राजन् (the king, addressee)

क

क्रतु/यज्ञ (sacrifice)

ब

ब्रह्मराक्षस (brahmarākṣasas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a great and meritorious ritual is vulnerable if its ‘chidra’—procedural, moral, or protective weak points—are left unattended; dharma requires vigilance, purity of conduct, and careful safeguarding of sacred acts against disruptive forces.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada warns the king that the planned/undertaken great sacrifice is prone to many impediments, because brahmarākṣasas—portrayed as ritual-destroying beings—actively search for loopholes to spoil it.