Shloka 45

Yuddha-yajña-vyākhyāna (The Battle as Sacrifice): Ambarīṣa–Indra Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

नहाजन्न॑नोदकं॑ तस्य न स्नानं नाप्पोशौचकम्‌

Transliteration

na hāj jannodakaṃ tasya na snānaṃ nāppośaucakam

Translation

اس کے لیے نہ غسل کا پانی درکار ہے، نہ غسل کی رسم، اور نہ پانی سے طہارت۔

Word by Word

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

• ह: indeed/for emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• अजानन्: not knowing; ignorant
• अजानन्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजानत् (अ-√ज्ञा)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• उदकम्: water
• उदकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तस्य: of him/of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अप्: water (as a purifying element)
• अप्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शौचकम्: purifying; cleansing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शौचक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अम्बरीष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ambarīṣa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

External acts of purification—bathing and water-rites—are not sufficient by themselves; true purity is grounded in inner restraint, ethical conduct, and dharmic living.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ambarīṣa is speaking in a didactic context, dismissing the necessity of mere water-based ritual cleansing for a certain person, thereby redirecting attention from outward ritual to the deeper standard of inner purity and conduct.