Shloka 3

Devanagari script

याजकास्तु ततस्तस्य तानग्नीन्निर्जने वने । समुत्सृज्य यथाकामं जग्मुर्भरतसत्तम,भरतश्रेष्ठ!ी तदनन्तर उनकी उन अग्नियोंको उसी निर्जन वनमें छोड़कर उनके याजकगण इच्छानुसार अपने-अपने स्थानको चले गये

Transliteration

yājakās tu tatas tasya tān agnīn nirjane vane | samutsṛjya yathākāmaṃ jagmur bharatasattama ||

Translation

اے بھرتوں میں سب سے برتر! پھر اس کے پجاری اُن مقدس آگوں کو اسی سنسان جنگل میں چھوڑ کر، اپنی مرضی کے مطابق اپنے اپنے ٹھکانوں کو چلے گئے۔

Word by Word

याजकाःpriests

तुbut/indeed

ततःthen/from there

तस्यof him/of that

तान्those

अग्नीन्fires (sacred fires)

निर्जनेin a lonely/deserted

वनेin the forest

समुत्सृज्यhaving abandoned/left behind

यथाकामम्as they wished/at will

जग्मुःwent

भरतसत्तमO best of the Bharatas

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

yājakāḥ (priests)

agnayaḥ (sacred fires)

nirjana vana (lonely forest)

Bharatasattama (address to a Bharata prince, i.e., the listener)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a liminal moment where formal ritual support (the priests and the maintained fires) is withdrawn, underscoring the shift from court-centered Vedic observance to the austerity and solitude of forest life. It suggests that when a life-stage changes, external structures of ritual may fall away, leaving the individual to face the ethical and spiritual consequences of their path more directly.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the relevant rites and arrangements, the officiating priests depart. They leave the sacred fires in the deserted forest and go away to their chosen destinations, while the narrative continues to follow the principal figures who have moved into the forest-ascetic setting.