Shloka 30

Devanagari script

बहून्याश्चर्यरूपाणि कुर्वाणा जनसंसदि । इज्यास्त्रे चोपसंधाने पण्डितास्तत्र शोभना:,जनसमुदायमें बहुत-से आश्वर्यजनक विनोदपूर्ण कार्य करने तथा यज्ञ-सम्बन्धी आयुधों (पात्रों) को यथास्थान रखने एवं प्रोक्षण आदि करनेमें ही पण्डितोंकी शोभा है

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | bahūny āścaryarūpāṇi kurvāṇā janasansadi | ijyāstre copasaṃdhāne paṇḍitās tatra śobhanāḥ ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «Среди народного собрания учёные мужи поистине выделяются, когда совершают множество дивных и усладительных деяний; и когда при совершении жертвоприношения они должным образом расставляют и приводят в порядок ритуальные принадлежности, точно исполняя предписанные действия — окропление и прочие связанные обряды».

Word by Word

बहूनिmany

आश्चर्यरूपाणिwonder-forms; marvelous acts

कुर्वाणाःdoing; performing

जनसंसदिin the assembly of people

इज्यास्त्रेin/with the implements of sacrifice

चand

उपसंधानेin arranging/placing properly

पण्डिताःlearned men; experts

तत्रthere; in that context

शोभनाःsplendid; admirable

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

janasansad (public assembly)

ijyāstra (ritual implements)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True distinction of the learned is shown not merely by display, but by disciplined competence and correctness in prescribed duties—here exemplified by proper ritual procedure and orderly handling of sacrificial implements.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes how, in a public gathering, experts gain esteem by performing impressive acts and by competently arranging and managing the apparatus and procedures connected with a sacrifice (such as sprinkling rites), highlighting their recognized role in communal religious settings.