Shloka 38

Devanagari script

ततो यज्ञसमाप्तौ तान्‌ विससर्ज महामुनीन्‌ | अगस्त्य: परमप्रीत: पूजयित्वा यथाविधि,तदनन्तर यज्ञ समाप्त होनेपर अत्यन्त प्रसन्न हुए अगस्त्यजीने उन महामुनियोंकी विधिवत्‌ पूजा करके सबको विदा कर दिया

Transliteration

tato yajñasamāptau tān visasarja mahāmunīn | agastyaḥ paramaprītaḥ pūjayitvā yathāvidhi ||

Translation

Então, ao término do sacrifício, o grande sábio dispensou aqueles videntes eminentes. Agastya, tomado de profunda satisfação, honrou-os conforme o rito e depois os despediu com respeito.

Word by Word

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

• यज्ञ-समाप्तौ: at the completion of the sacrifice
• यज्ञ-समाप्तौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाप्ति (प्रातिपदिक) / यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• विससर्ज: dismissed, sent away
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (वि + सृज्)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• महामुनीन्: the great sages
• महामुनीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• अगस्त्यः: Agastya
• अगस्त्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परम-प्रीतः: extremely pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) / परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पूजयित्वा: having honored/worshipped
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive)

• यथा-विधि: according to rule, duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक) / यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• mahāmuni (great sages)
• yajña (sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic completion of a sacred undertaking: after a rite ends, one should honor participants properly and conclude matters with gratitude and orderly leave-taking, not abrupt dismissal.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the sacrifice is finished, Agastya—very pleased—performs due honors for the assembled great sages and then formally sends them off.