Shloka 11

उपहार-विधानम्, यक्षपूजा, रत्ननिध्युद्धारः

Offerings to Tryambaka; Yakṣa honors; Excavation of the Treasure

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्‌ कार्ये द्विजश्रेष्ठा नक्षत्रे दिवसे शुभे

Transliteration

asmin kārye dvijaśreṣṭhā nakṣatre divase śubhe, iti niścitya viprendrāḥ kriyatāṃ yad anantaram |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hỡi các bậc nhị sinh tối thượng, sau khi đã định rõ một chòm sao cát tường và một ngày lành để công việc này thành tựu, hỡi các vị Bà-la-môn bậc nhất, xin hãy lập tức làm điều cần làm tiếp theo. Chớ để thời gian trôi uổng vì treo lơ lửng trong do dự; hãy quyết định việc ấy và mau chóng thi hành điều hợp lẽ.”

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कार्ये: in the task/matter
• कार्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: O best of twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नक्षत्रे: in/at an asterism
• नक्षत्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दिवसे: on a day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• निश्चित्य: having decided/determined
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + चि
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• विप्रेन्द्राः: O lords among Brahmins
• विप्रेन्द्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र-इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्रियताम्: let it be done / may it be performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Passive, Third, Singular

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अनन्तरम्: immediately/next, without delay
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• dvija (brāhmaṇas)
• vipra (brāhmaṇas)
• nakṣatra (asterism)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Right action (dharma) includes timely, well-considered execution: choose auspicious conditions with competent counsel, then avoid procrastination and proceed promptly with what is proper.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports an instruction addressed to leading brāhmaṇas: they should fix an auspicious nakṣatra and day for the undertaking’s success and then immediately perform the next required steps, rather than losing time in delay.