Shloka 2

Rudra’s Omitted Share in the Yajña (रुद्रभागानुपपत्तिः — यज्ञोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

श्रीभगवान्‌ बोले--तदनन्तर सत्ययुग बीत जाने-पर देवताओंने विधिपूर्वक भगवान्‌का यजन करनेकी इच्छासे वैदिक प्रमाणके अनुसार यज्ञकी कल्पना की ।।

Transliteration

tad-anantaraṁ satyayuge bīta-jāne paraṁ devatābhir vidhi-pūrvakaṁ bhagavato yajana-kāmyayā vaidika-pramāṇānusāreṇa yajñasya kalpanā kṛtā | kalpayāmāsur atha te sādhanāni havīṁṣi ca | bhāgā devatāś caiva yajñiyaṁ dravyam eva ca ||

Translation

แล้วพวกเขาก็จัดเตรียมสรรพเครื่องประกอบยัญ เครื่องบูชา (หวิษ) ส่วนแบ่งสำหรับเทวดาทั้งหลาย และวัตถุอันควรแก่ยัญทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• कल्पयामासुः: they devised/arranged
• Type: Verb
• Root: कल्पय् (कॢप् caus.)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• साधनानि: means/implements
• साधनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• हवींषि: oblations
• हवींषि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• भागाः: shares/portions
• भागाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• देवताः: the deities
• देवताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• यज्ञियम्: fit for sacrifice/sacrificial
• यज्ञियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञिय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• द्रव्यम्: material/substance
• द्रव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एव: also/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Satyayuga
• devatāḥ (the gods/deities)
• bhagavān (the Lord)
• yajña (sacrifice)
• havīṁṣi (oblations)
• bhāgāḥ (deities' shares)
• yajñiya-dravya (sacrificial materials)
• Veda / vaidika-pramāṇa (Vedic authority)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents yajña as a Veda-authorized, rule-governed form of worship that upholds dharma through proper procedure and proper allocation (bhāga) to the deities—suggesting that ethical order includes disciplined intention, scriptural grounding, and rightful distribution.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a primordial moment after the Satya Yuga: the gods, wishing to worship the Lord correctly, formulate the sacrificial system and organize its requisites—offerings, the deities’ portions, and the sacrificial materials—thereby establishing the framework of ritual worship.