Shloka 7

आस्तीक-वरप्रदानम् (Āstīka’s Boon and the Interruption of the Sarpa-satra)

Devanagari script

आहर्ता तस्य सत्रस्य त्वन्नान्यो5स्ति नराधिप । इति पौराणिका: प्राहुरस्माकं चास्ति स क्रतु:,नरेश्वर! उस यज्ञका अनुष्ठान करनेवाला आपके सिवा दूसरा कोई नहीं है, ऐसा पौराणिक विद्दान्‌ कहते हैं। उस यज्ञका विधान हमलोगोंको मालूम है

Transliteration

āhartā tasya satrasya tvadnānyo 'sti narādhipa | iti paurāṇikāḥ prāhur asmākaṃ cāsti sa kratuḥ, nareśvara ||

Translation

ข้าแต่องค์นราธิป ไม่มีผู้ใดนอกจากพระองค์ที่จะเป็นยชามานะและผู้ประกอบสัตรพิธีนั้นได้—ดังที่บัณฑิตผู้รู้ปุราณะกล่าวไว้ และระเบียบแห่งครตุพิธีนั้นเราก็รู้เช่นกัน

Word by Word

आहर्ताperformer (one who brings about/executes)

तस्यof that

सत्रस्यof the sacrificial session (sattra)

त्वत्than you / from you

नnot

अन्यःanother (person)

अस्तिis/exists

नराधिपO king (lord of men)

इतिthus/so (quotative)

पौराणिकाःthe traditional/legendary scholars (paurāṇikas)

प्राहुःsaid/declare

अस्माकम्of us / our

चand

अस्तिis/exists

सःthat/he

क्रतुःsacrifice/rite

नरेश्वरO lord of men (king)

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Janamejaya

narādhipa/nareśvara (the addressed king)

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?

Legitimate ritual action (kratu/satra) is grounded in recognized tradition and requires a qualified royal patron; kingship is framed as a dharmic responsibility to uphold sanctioned rites.

What is happening in the narrative?

Janamejaya addresses a king, asserting that only he is fit to undertake and bring to completion a particular long sacrificial session, citing the testimony of Purāṇic authorities and adding that the ritual procedure is known to their side.