Shloka 10

Mahāvasu’s Fall by Speech-Error and Release through Devotion (अज-विवादः वसोः शापः विमोचनं च)

Devanagari script

यथाध्वरे समिद्धो3ग्निर्भाति हव्यमुदावहम्‌

Transliteration

yathādhvare samiddho 'gnir bhāti havyam udāvaham

Translation

Bhīṣma disse: Assim como, num sacrifício, o fogo aceso resplandece, levando a oferenda (havya) para o alto, do mesmo modo o princípio devidamente despertado (dharma/conhecimento) torna-se luminoso e eficaz, conduzindo a oferenda da ação ao seu fim superior apropriado.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अध्वरे: in the sacrifice
• अध्वरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• समिद्धः: kindled, well-lit
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-इन्ध्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अग्निः: fire
• अग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भाति: shines
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा
• Form: present, third, singular, parasmaipada

• हव्यम्: the oblation
• हव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• उदावहम्: carrying upward (to the gods)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-आ-वाह्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Agni (sacrificial fire)
• Adhvara (sacrificial rite)
• Havya (oblation)