Shloka 41
Yuddha-yajña-vyākhyāna (The Battle as Sacrifice): Ambarīṣa–Indra Saṃvāda
Devanagari script
यस्य शोणिततवेगेन वेदि: स्यात् सम्परिप्लुता
Transliteration
yasya śoṇitatavegena vediḥ syāt sampariplutā
Translation
ผู้ซึ่งด้วยกระแสโลหิตอันเชี่ยวกรากของตน ทำให้แท่นบูชาถูกท่วมท้นสิ้นเชิง
Word by Word
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
शोणित-तवेगेनby/with the force (rush) of blood
शोणित-तवेगेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशोणित-तवेग
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
वेदिःaltar; sacrificial ground
वेदिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवेदी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
स्यात्would be; may be
स्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular
सम्परिप्लुताcompletely flooded/overflowed
सम्परिप्लुता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-परि-√प्लु (प्लव्) + क्त
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
अम्बरीष उवाच
Characters & Entities
अ
अम्बरीष (Ambarīṣa)व
वेदि (sacrificial altar)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse uses the altar—symbol of dharmic order and sacred duty—to show how uncontrolled or unrighteous violence desecrates the very foundations of moral life; bloodshed, when driven by adharma, overwhelms and nullifies sanctity.
Ambarīṣa is speaking in Śānti Parva’s reflective discourse, employing a vivid metaphor: a person’s violent acts are so excessive that the altar itself would be flooded by the torrent of blood, emphasizing the moral horror and social-spiritual consequences of such conduct.