Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 172 Shloka 10 - Mahabharata | Thai | Vedapath

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Shloka 10

Devanagari script

यजस्व विविधीर्यज्निर्बन्वन्नैः स्वाप्तदक्षिणै: । ययातिरिव राजेन्द्र श्रद्धादमपुर:सर:,राजेन्द्र! तुम राजा ययातिकी भाँति श्रद्धा और इन्द्रिय-संयमपूर्वक बहुत-से अन्न और पर्याप्त दक्षिणाओंसे युक्त भाँति-भाँतिके यज्ञोंद्वारा यजन करो

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | yajasva vividhair yajñair bahvannaiḥ svāptadakṣiṇaiḥ | yayātir iva rājendra śraddhā-dama-puraḥsaraḥ ||

Translation

ข้าแต่ราชেন্দร จงประกอบยัญพิธีนานาประการ ให้บริบูรณ์ด้วยเครื่องบูชาเป็นอาหารอันอุดม และมีทักษิณาแก่พราหมณ์ผู้ประกอบพิธีอย่างพอควร ดุจพระเจ้ายยาติ โดยมีศรัทธาและการสำรวมอินทรีย์เป็นผู้นำ

Word by Word

यजस्वperform sacrifice; worship

विविधैःwith various (kinds of)

यज्ञैःby/with sacrifices

बह्वन्नैःwith much food/grain

स्वाप्तदक्षिणैःwith duly-given/adequate fees (dakṣiṇās)

ययातिःYayāti

इवlike; as

राजेन्द्रO best of kings

श्रद्धाwith faith

दमपुरःसरःhaving self-control in front (i.e., preceded by restraint)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yayāti

Rājendra (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?

A king should uphold dharma through properly conducted sacrifices supported by generosity (adequate dakṣiṇā) and inner discipline—faith (śraddhā) and self-control (dama) must guide outward ritual.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses the king and urges him to perform many kinds of well-provisioned sacrifices, invoking Yayāti as an exemplary royal model whose ritual life was characterized by faith and restraint.