Shloka 26

द्रौपदी–सत्यभामा संवादः

Draupadī and Satyabhāmā on ethical household conduct

Devanagari script

यद्यग्नयो हि स्पृश्येयुर्निवेशस्था दवाग्निना । इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या तु शुचयेडग्नये,यदि गृहस्थित अग्नियोंका दावानलसे संसर्ग हो जाय तो मिट्टीके आठ पुरवोंमें संस्कृत चरुद्वारा शुचि नामक अग्निको आहुति देनी चाहिये

Transliteration

yadyagnayo hi spṛśyeyur niveśasthā davāgninā | iṣṭir aṣṭākapālena kāryā tu śucaye 'gnaye ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya disse: “Se os fogos domésticos, estabelecidos em seu devido lugar, vierem a tocar um incêndio florestal (dāvāgni), então deve-se realizar uma iṣṭi expiatória: usando um aṣṭākapāla (oito recipientes de barro) e oferecendo caru (mingau consagrado) como oblação a Agni sob o epíteto Śuci, ‘o Puro’.”

Word by Word

यदिif

अग्नयःfires

हिindeed/for

स्पृश्येयुःshould come into contact/touch

निवेशस्थाःsituated in the dwelling/at the residence

दवाग्निनाby/with the forest-fire

इष्टिःa (propitiatory) sacrifice/oblation-rite

अष्टाकपालेनwith an eight-shard (earthen) vessel/with eight potsherds

कार्याis to be performed/should be done

तुbut/indeed

शुचयेto Śuci (a form/name of Agni)

अग्नयेto Agni

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Agni

Śuci (epithet of Agni)

niveśastha agnayaḥ (household sacred fires)

davāgni (forest fire)

iṣṭi (offering rite)

aṣṭākapāla (eight-part earthen vessel)

caru (sacrificial porridge/oblatory food)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes