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Shloka 30

कालविभाग-निरूपणं तथा युद्धव्यवस्था

Time-Reckoning and Mobilization Counsel

बहून्याश्चर्यरूपाणि कुर्वाणा जनसंसदि । इज्यास्त्रे चोपसंधाने पण्डितास्तत्र शोभना:,जनसमुदायमें बहुत-से आश्वर्यजनक विनोदपूर्ण कार्य करने तथा यज्ञ-सम्बन्धी आयुधों (पात्रों) को यथास्थान रखने एवं प्रोक्षण आदि करनेमें ही पण्डितोंकी शोभा है

vaiśampāyana uvāca | bahūny āścaryarūpāṇi kurvāṇā janasansadi | ijyāstre copasaṃdhāne paṇḍitās tatra śobhanāḥ ||

ท่ามกลางชุมนุมชน บัณฑิตย่อมงามเด่นเมื่อกระทำกิจอันน่าอัศจรรย์และรื่นรมย์นานาประการ และเมื่อประกอบยัญพิธีโดยจัดวางเครื่องสังเวยให้ถูกที่ถูกทาง พร้อมปฏิบัติพิธีประพรมและกรรมอื่นๆ ตามบัญญัติอย่างเที่ยงตรง

बहूनिmany
बहूनि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
आश्चर्यरूपाणिwonder-forms; marvelous acts
आश्चर्यरूपाणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआश्चर्यरूप
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
कुर्वाणाःdoing; performing
कुर्वाणाः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, शतृ (present active participle)
जनसंसदिin the assembly of people
जनसंसदि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootजनसंसद्
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
इज्यास्त्रेin/with the implements of sacrifice
इज्यास्त्रे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootइज्यास्त्र
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उपसंधानेin arranging/placing properly
उपसंधाने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootउपसंधान
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
पण्डिताःlearned men; experts
पण्डिताः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपण्डित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तत्रthere; in that context
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
शोभनाःsplendid; admirable
शोभनाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशोभन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
J
janasansad (public assembly)
I
ijyāstra (ritual implements)

Educational Q&A

True distinction of the learned is shown not merely by display, but by disciplined competence and correctness in prescribed duties—here exemplified by proper ritual procedure and orderly handling of sacrificial implements.

The narrator describes how, in a public gathering, experts gain esteem by performing impressive acts and by competently arranging and managing the apparatus and procedures connected with a sacrifice (such as sprinkling rites), highlighting their recognized role in communal religious settings.