Shloka 23

Devanagari script

पारिक्षितस्य यज्ञोडसौ वर्तते5स्मज्जिघांसया । व्यक्त मयापि गन्तव्यं प्रेतराजनिवेशनम्‌,“जनमेजयका वह यज्ञ हमलोगोंकी हिंसाके लिये ही हो रहा है। निश्चय ही अब मुझे भी यमलोक जाना पड़ेगा

Transliteration

śaunaka uvāca |

pārīkṣitasya yajño 'sau vartate 'smad-jighāṃsayā |

vyaktam mayāpi gantavyaṃ pretarāja-niveśanam ||

Translation

ยัญพิธีของเชื้อสายพระปริกษิตนี้ดำเนินไปด้วยเจตนาจะทำลายพวกเราโดยแท้ ชัดเจนแล้วว่าแม้ข้าเองก็ต้องไปสู่ที่พำนักของพระยม ผู้เป็นราชาแห่งผู้ตาย

Word by Word

• पारिक्षितस्य: of Parikshit
• पारिक्षितस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारिक्षित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• यज्ञः: sacrifice; yajna
• यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उदसौ: in/at the water (i.e., in the water-rite/ablution context)
• उदसौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वर्तते: is proceeding; is taking place
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• अस्मत्: of us
• अस्मत्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• जिघांसया: with the desire to kill; for killing
• जिघांसया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिघांसा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• व्यक्तम्: clearly; certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: व्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• अपि: also; even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• गन्तव्यम्: must be gone; I must go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + तव्यत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Gerundive (तव्यत्), Obligation/necessity

• प्रेतराजनिवेशनम्: the abode of the lord of the dead (Yama’s dwelling)
• प्रेतराजनिवेशनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेतराज-निवेशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śaunaka
• Parīkṣit
• Janamejaya
• Yama (Pretarāja)
• Pretarāja-niveśana (Yamaloka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ritual driven by vengeance and the intent to harm becomes ethically tainted; even revered figures sense the moral danger and the karmic consequence, symbolized by the prospect of going to Yama’s abode.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka observes that the ongoing sacrifice initiated by Parīkṣit’s line (Janamejaya) is aimed at killing ‘us’—in context, the targets of the rite—and he foresees imminent death, saying he too must go to the realm of Yama.