Shloka 503

Adhyāya 31: Rājasūya-samāgama — The Gathering of Kings and the Ordering of Hospitality

Devanagari script

सहदेव उवाच यज्ञविध्नमिमं कर्तु ना्हस्त्वं हव्यवाहन । सहदेव बोले--हव्यवाहन! आपको यज्ञमें यह विघ्न नहीं डालना चाहिये

Transliteration

sahadeva uvāca | yajñavighnam imaṃ kartuṃ nārhastvaṃ havyavāhana |

Translation

Sahadeva said: “O Havyavāhana (Fire), you ought not to create this obstruction to the sacrifice.” In the ethical frame of the episode, Sahadeva appeals to the sacred duty of Agni—protector and carrier of offerings—to uphold the integrity of yajña rather than disrupt it.

Word by Word

• सहदेवः: Sahadeva
• सहदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यज्ञ-विघ्नम्: obstacle to the sacrifice
• यज्ञ-विघ्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञविघ्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कर्तुम्: to do / to cause
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), Active sense

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अर्हसि: you ought / you should
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हव्यवाहन: O carrier of oblations (Agni)
• हव्यवाहन: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्यवाहन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

सहदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sahadeva
• Havyavāhana (Agni/Fire)
• Yajña (sacrifice)