Shloka 22

Adhyāya 283: Varṇa-vṛtti, Nyāya-ārjana, and the Decline-and-Restoration of Dharma (वर्णवृत्तिः न्यायार्जनं च)

Devanagari script

दक्ष उवाच एतन्मखेशाय सुवर्णपात्रे हवि: समस्तं विधिमन्त्रपूतम्‌ | विष्णोर्नयाम्यप्रतिमस्य भागं प्रभुर्विभुश्नाहवनीय एष:

Transliteration

dakṣa uvāca etan makheśāya suvarṇapātre haviḥ samastaṃ vidhimantrapūtam | viṣṇor nayāmy apratimasya bhāgaṃ prabhur vibhuś cāhavanīya eṣaḥ ||

Translation

దక్షుడు అన్నాడు—“మహర్షీ! చూడుము—విధి మరియు మంత్రాలతో పవిత్రమైన ఈ సమస్త హవిస్సు స్వర్ణపాత్రంలో ఉంచబడింది. నేను ఇప్పుడు ఈ భాగాన్ని అపరిమితుడైన ప్రభువు విష్ణువుకు సమర్పించుటకు తీసుకెళ్తున్నాను. ఆయనే సర్వాధిపతి, సర్వవ్యాపి; యజ్ఞభాగాన్ని గ్రహించుటకు నిజంగా అర్హుడు.”

Word by Word

• दक्षः: Daksha
• दक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• मखेशाय: to the lord of the sacrifice
• मखेशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मखेश
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सुवर्णपात्रे: in a golden vessel
• सुवर्णपात्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्णपात्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• समस्तम्: entire, complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• विधिमन्त्रपूतम्: purified by prescribed rites and mantras
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधि-मन्त्र-पूत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• विष्णोः: of Vishnu
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• नयामि: I offer/lead (towards), I present
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अप्रतिमस्य: of the incomparable one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रतिम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भागम्: share, portion
• भागम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रभुः: the lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विभुः: the all-pervading one
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अहवनीयः: fit to be offered (as a sacrificial recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आहवनीय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषः: this (one)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

दक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Viṣṇu
• makha/yajña (sacrifice)
• suvarṇapātra (golden vessel)
• havis (oblation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual action is presented as ethically meaningful when aligned with rightful devotion and proper procedure: the offering, purified by vidhi and mantra, should be given to the truly worthy—here identified as Viṣṇu, the incomparable, all-pervading Lord.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dakṣa declares that the prepared oblation, placed in a golden vessel and sanctified by correct rites and mantras, is to be offered as the sacrificial share to Viṣṇu, whom he proclaims uniquely fit to receive the yajña-portion.