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Shloka 30

Marutta’s Sacrifice: Indra’s Threat, Saṃvarta’s Mantric Restraint, and Divine Reconciliation (अध्याय १०)

आग्नेयं वै लोहितमालभन्तां वैश्वदेवं बहुरूपं हि राजन्‌ नीलं चोक्षाणं मेध्यमप्पालभन्तां चलच्छिश्र॑ं सम्प्रदिष्टं द्विजाग्रया:,'राजेन्द्र! अग्निके लिये लाल रंगकी वस्तुएँ प्रस्तुत की जाये, विश्वेदेवोंके लिये अनेक रूप-रंगवाले पदार्थ दिये जाय, श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मण यहाँ छूकर दिये गये चंचल शिश्चवाले नील रंगके वृषभका दान ग्रहण करें”

āgneyam vai lohitam ālabhantāṃ vaiśvadevaṃ bahurūpaṃ hi rājan nīlaṃ cokṣāṇaṃ medhyam apy ālabhantāṃ calacchiśraṃ sampradiṣṭaṃ dvijāgryāḥ

วยาสะกล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่พระราชา จงจัดเครื่องบูชาสีแดงถวายแด่อัคนี; สำหรับหมู่วิศวเทวะ จงถวายสิ่งบูชาหลากรูปหลากสี. และให้พราหมณ์ผู้เป็นเลิศรับโคเพศผู้สีน้ำเงินเข้ม อันบริสุทธิ์เหมาะแก่พิธี มีความปราดเปรียวมีชีวิตชีวา เป็นทาน ตามที่บัญญัติไว้ หลังจากสัมผัสตามพิธีกรรมแล้ว”

आग्नेयम्Agni-related (offering/item)
आग्नेयम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootआग्नेय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
लोहितम्red (thing)
लोहितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootलोहित
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आलभन्ताम्let them offer/present
आलभन्ताम्:
TypeVerb
Rootआलभ्
FormImperative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
वैश्वदेवम्belonging to the Viśvedevas
वैश्वदेवम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवैश्वदेव
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
बहुरूपम्of many forms/variegated
बहुरूपम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootबहुरूप
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
हिfor/indeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
नीलम्blue/dark-colored
नीलम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनील
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उक्षाणम्a bull
उक्षाणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउक्षन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
मेध्यम्fit for sacrifice/pure
मेध्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमेध्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
आलभन्ताम्let them offer/present
आलभन्ताम्:
TypeVerb
Rootआलभ्
FormImperative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
चलत्moving/restless
चलत्:
TypeAdjective
Rootचलत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
शिश्नम्penis (genital organ)
शिश्नम्:
TypeNoun
Rootशिश्न
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सम्प्रदिष्टम्prescribed/laid down
सम्प्रदिष्टम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-प्र-√दिश्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
द्विजाग्र्याःforemost among the twice-born (best Brahmins)
द्विजाग्र्याः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्विजाग्र्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

व्याय उवाच

V
Vyāsa
R
Rājan (the king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira in context)
A
Agni
V
Viśvedevas
B
Brāhmaṇas (dvijāgryāḥ)
B
Bull (ukṣāṇa)

Educational Q&A

Ritual action should follow prescribed dharma: offerings are matched to deities (Agni with red-hued items; Viśvedevas with varied offerings), and gifts to Brāhmaṇas should be ritually appropriate (medhya) and given in the proper manner (including the formal act of touching/acceptance).

Vyāsa instructs the king on specific sacrificial arrangements connected with the Aśvamedha context—what kinds of offerings to present to particular deities and how an eligible bull is to be formally given and accepted by leading Brāhmaṇas.