Shloka 114

Devanagari script

दर्शैश्न पूर्णमासैश्न चातुर्मास्यै: पुनः पुन: । अयजद्धयमेधेन सहसत्रं परिवत्सरान्‌,'सुना है कि उन्हें अग्निदेवसे वे सभी मनोवाञ्छित फल प्राप्त हो गये थे। उन्होंने एक हजार वर्षोतक बारंबार दर्श, पौर्णमास, चातुर्मास्य तथा अश्वमेध यज्ञोंका अनुष्ठान किया था

Transliteration

darśaiś ca pūrṇamāsaiś ca cāturmāsyaiḥ punaḥ punaḥ | ayajadd hayamedhena sahasraṁ parivatsarān ||

Translation

వాయువు అన్నాడు—అతడు దర్శ–పౌర్ణమాస యాగాలను, చాతుర్మాస్య కర్మలను పునఃపునః నిర్వహించాడు; ఇంకా వెయ్యి సంవత్సరాల పాటు అశ్వమేధ యాగాన్ని కూడా అర్పిస్తూ కొనసాగించాడు.

Word by Word

दर्शैःwith the new-moon (darśa) sacrifices

चand

पूर्णमासैःwith the full-moon (pūrṇamāsa) sacrifices

चातुर्मास्यैःwith the cāturmāsya (seasonal) sacrifices

पुनःagain

पुनःagain (repeatedly)

अयजत्he performed (sacrificed)

अश्वमेधेनwith the Aśvamedha sacrifice

सहस्रम्a thousand (times)

परिवत्सरान्years (for a cycle of years)

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Darśa-yajña

Pūrṇamāsa-yajña

Cāturmāsya-yajña

Aśvamedha (Hayamedha)

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 highlights steadfast adherence to prescribed sacred duties (yajñas) over time, implying that sustained, disciplined practice is central to dharma and to the accumulation of religious merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu describes a figure who repeatedly performed regular lunar and seasonal sacrifices and continued performing the Aśvamedha for a thousand years, emphasizing extraordinary ritual commitment and its implied spiritual or worldly fruits.