Shloka 28

Araṇi Lost to the Deer: Pāṇḍavas Pursue to Preserve Agnihotra (अरणी-हरण प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

अथोपोष्य शिर:स्नाता देवतामभिगम्य सा । ह॒त्वाग्निं विधिवद्‌ विप्रान्‌ वाचयामास पर्वणि,एक दिन किसी पर्वके अवसरपर उपवासपूर्वक शिरसे स्नान करके सावित्री देवताके दर्शनके लिये गयी और विधिपूर्वक अग्निमें आहुति दे उसने ब्राह्मणोंसे स्वस्तिवाचन कराया

Transliteration

athopoṣya śiraḥ-snāṭā devatām abhigamya sā | hutvāgnim vidhivad viprān vācayāmāsa parvaṇi ||

Translation

ต่อมาในวันนักขัตฤกษ์แห่งเทศกาล นางได้ถืออุโบสถและชำระศีรษะตามพิธี แล้วเข้าไปเพื่อเฝ้าทัศนาเทพเจ้า ครั้นบูชาไฟด้วยการถวายอาหุติตามแบบแผนแล้ว ก็ให้นพราหมณ์สวดถ้อยคำมงคล

Word by Word

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

• उपोष्य: having fasted
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + वस् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• शिरःस्नाता: having bathed (with head-bath)
• शिरःस्नाता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिरस् + स्नात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• देवताम्: the goddess/deity
• देवताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिगम्य: having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + गम् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• हुत्वा: having offered (oblations)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• अग्निम्: into the fire / the fire
• अग्निम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विधिवत्: according to rule
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत्

• विप्रान्: brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वाचयामास: caused to recite / had (them) recite
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) [णिच् causative: वाचय-]
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पर्वणि: on the festival/holy day
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Sāvitrī (devatā)
• Brahmins (viprāḥ)
• sacred fire (agni)
• parvan (festival/holy day)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic discipline: purity (ritual bath), self-restraint (fasting), correct procedure (vidhivat offerings), and seeking auspicious blessings (svasti-vācana) as integral to devotional life.

What is happening in the narrative?

On a festival occasion, the woman (in context, Sāvitrī) fasts, performs a ritual bath, goes for the deity’s darśana, offers oblations into the sacred fire, and has Brahmins recite auspicious benedictions.