Shloka 503

Adhyāya 31: Rājasūya-samāgama — The Gathering of Kings and the Ordering of Hospitality

Devanagari script

सहदेव उवाच यज्ञविध्नमिमं कर्तु ना्हस्त्वं हव्यवाहन । सहदेव बोले--हव्यवाहन! आपको यज्ञमें यह विघ्न नहीं डालना चाहिये

Transliteration

sahadeva uvāca | yajñavighnam imaṃ kartuṃ nārhastvaṃ havyavāhana |

Translation

सहदेव उवाच—यज्ञविघ्नमिमं कर्तुं नार्हसि त्वं हव्यवाहन॥

Word by Word

• सहदेवः: Sahadeva
• सहदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यज्ञ-विघ्नम्: obstacle to the sacrifice
• यज्ञ-विघ्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञविघ्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कर्तुम्: to do / to cause
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), Active sense

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अर्हसि: you ought / you should
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हव्यवाहन: O carrier of oblations (Agni)
• हव्यवाहन: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्यवाहन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

सहदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sahadeva
• Havyavāhana (Agni/Fire)
• Yajña (sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even divine powers are invoked within a moral order: Agni’s proper dharma is to support yajña by carrying offerings, not to obstruct it. The verse emphasizes restraint and fidelity to one’s sacred role.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sahadeva addresses Agni (Havyavāhana) directly, urging him not to introduce a disruption into an ongoing sacrificial rite, thereby protecting the sanctity and continuity of the yajña.