Shloka 25

Draupadī’s Rebuke of Jayadratha and Dhaumya’s Admonition (Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 252)

Devanagari script

जुद्वत्यग्नौ हवि: क्षीरं मन्त्रवत्‌ सुसमाहिता: । ब्राह्मणा वेदवेदाड़पारगा: सुदृढव्रता:

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: juhvaty agnau haviḥ kṣīraṃ mantravat susamāhitāḥ | brāhmaṇā vedavedāṅgapāragāḥ sudṛḍhavratāḥ ||

Translation

ତେବେ ସୁଦୃଢ଼ବ୍ରତୀ, ବେଦ ଓ ବେଦାଙ୍ଗରେ ପାରଙ୍ଗତ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣମାନେ ଏକାଗ୍ରଚିତ୍ତ ହୋଇ ମନ୍ତ୍ରୋଚ୍ଚାରଣପୂର୍ବକ ପ୍ରଜ୍ୱଳିତ ଅଗ୍ନିରେ ଘିଅ ଓ ଖୀରର ଆହୁତି ଦେବାକୁ ଲାଗିଲେ।

Word by Word

• जुह्वति: they offer (as oblation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (जुहोति)
• Form: Lat (Present), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अग्नौ: in the fire
• अग्नौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• क्षीरम्: milk; rice-milk (kheer)
• क्षीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मन्त्रवत्: with (proper) mantras; accompanied by mantra-recitation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मन्त्रवत्

• सुसमाहिताः: well-collected (in mind), concentrated
• सुसमाहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-समाहित (सम्-आ-धा + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः: versed in the Vedas and Vedangas
• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद-वेदाङ्ग-पारग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुदृढव्रताः: of very firm vows; steadfast in observances
• सुदृढव्रताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दृढ-व्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• brāhmaṇāḥ (Brahmins)
• agni (sacred fire)
• haviḥ (oblations)
• kṣīra (milk/milk-rice)
• ghṛta (ghee, implied by haviḥ and common ritual context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharmic action is shown as disciplined and inwardly focused: ritual is not mere outward performance but requires steadiness in vows, mastery of sacred knowledge, and a collected mind while acting in accordance with mantra and rule.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes learned, vow-observant Brahmins performing a fire-sacrifice, offering ghee and milk-based oblations into the kindled fire while reciting mantras with concentrated attention.