Shloka 10

Aśvamedha-dīkṣā, Vyāsa’s horse-release, and Arjuna’s departure with Gāṇḍīva (आश्वमेधिक-दीक्षा तथा हय-उत्सर्गः)

Devanagari script

स्फ्यश्व कूर्चश्ष सौवर्णो यच्चान्यदपि कौरव

Transliteration

sphyāśva kūrchaḥ sauvarṇo yac cānyad api kaurava

Translation

โอ กุรพวงศ์! (ในบรรดาเครื่องประกอบพิธีนั้น) มี ‘สฺฟฺยาศฺวะ’ และ ‘กูรฺฉะ’ อันทำด้วยทองคำ ตลอดจนเครื่องทองอื่น ๆ อีกด้วย

Word by Word

• स्फ्यः: the hip/haunch (part)
• स्फ्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्फ्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अश्वकूर्चः: horse-tail tuft / horse-hair brush
• अश्वकूर्चः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वकूर्च
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सौवर्णः: golden, made of gold
• सौवर्णः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौवर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्यत्: other (thing)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• कौरव: O Kaurava
• Type: Noun (vocative proper/tribal name)
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kaurava (Janamejaya)
• sphyāśva (horse-ornament)
• kūrcha (ornament/fitting)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the meticulous, rule-bound completeness of Vedic royal ritual: every prescribed implement and ornament—here noted as golden—must be properly provided, reflecting the king’s responsibility to uphold sacred order through correct performance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues listing the items and ornaments prepared for the Aśvamedha horse, mentioning specific named fittings (sphyāśva, kūrcha) and indicating that other such golden accessories were also included.