Shloka 60

Devanagari script

एतद्‌ वो लक्षण देवा मत्प्रसादसमुद्धवम्‌ । स्वयं यज्जैर्यजमाना: समाप्तवरदक्षिणै:

Transliteration

etad vo lakṣaṇa devā matprasādasamudbhavam | svayaṁ yajjair yajamānāḥ samāptavaradakṣiṇaiḥ ||

Translation

தேவர்களே! இது என் அருளால் உங்களுக்கு உண்டான அடையாளம்: நீங்கள் தாமே யஜமானர்களாய் யாகங்களை நடத்தி, அவற்றை முறையாக நிறைவு செய்து, சிறந்ததும் விதிப்படியுமான தக்ஷிணைகளை வழங்குவீர்கள்.

Word by Word

एतत्this

वःto you / of you (pl.)

लक्षणम्mark, sign, characteristic

देवाःO gods

मत्from me

प्रसादfavor, grace

समुद्धवम्arisen, produced

स्वयम्by oneself, personally

यत्which, that which

जैःby the conquerors/victors

यजमानाःsacrificers (those performing a sacrifice)

समाप्तcompleted, finished

वरexcellent, choice

दक्षिणैःwith sacrificial fees/gifts

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

devāḥ (the gods)

yajña (sacrifice)

dakṣiṇā (sacrificial fee/gift)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links rightful ritual action with ethical completion: a sacrifice is not merely performed but must be properly concluded with due dakṣiṇā (gifts/fees). Divine status and auspicious “marks” are framed as arising from grace and from adherence to dharmic procedure—especially honoring obligations to officiants through prescribed giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a statement addressed to the gods, describing a “sign/privilege” granted to them through the speaker’s favor: they are enabled to act as yajamānas (sacrificial patrons), performing sacrifices themselves and completing them with the appropriate, excellent dakṣiṇās.