Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

यजस्व विविधीर्यज्निर्बन्वन्नैः स्वाप्तदक्षिणै: । ययातिरिव राजेन्द्र श्रद्धादमपुर:सर:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | yajasva vividhair yajñair bahvannaiḥ svāptadakṣiṇaiḥ | yayātir iva rājendra śraddhā-dama-puraḥsaraḥ ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “O hari, magsagawa ka ng sari-saring yajña, na sagana sa mga handog na pagkain at may sapat na dakṣiṇā para sa mga pari. Gaya ni Haring Yayāti, hayaang pangunahan ang iyong pagsamba ng pananampalataya at pagpipigil-sa-sarili.”

Word by Word

• यजस्व: perform sacrifice; worship
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम, एकवचन

• विविधैः: with various (kinds of)
• विविधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: पुं/नपुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• यज्ञैः: by/with sacrifices
• यज्ञैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: पुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• बह्वन्नैः: with much food/grain
• बह्वन्नैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बह्वन्न
• Form: पुं/नपुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• स्वाप्तदक्षिणैः: with duly-given/adequate fees (dakṣiṇās)
• स्वाप्तदक्षिणैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वाप्तदक्षिण
• Form: पुं/नपुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• ययातिः: Yayāti
• Type: Noun
• Root: ययाति
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इव: like; as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• राजेन्द्र: O best of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: पुं, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• श्रद्धा: with faith
• श्रद्धा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा
• Form: स्त्री, तृतीया, एकवचन

• दमपुरःसरः: having self-control in front (i.e., preceded by restraint)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दमपुरःसर
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yayāti
• Rājendra (the addressed king)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A king should uphold dharma through properly conducted sacrifices supported by generosity (adequate dakṣiṇā) and inner discipline—faith (śraddhā) and self-control (dama) must guide outward ritual.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses the king and urges him to perform many kinds of well-provisioned sacrifices, invoking Yayāti as an exemplary royal model whose ritual life was characterized by faith and restraint.