Shloka 17

यज्ञवाटवैभववर्णनम् / Description of the Splendour of the Sacrificial Enclosure

Devanagari script

ततो रेणु: समुद्भूतो विबभौ तस्य वाजिन:

Transliteration

tato reṇuḥ samudbhūto vibabhau tasya vājinaḥ

Translation

Rồi một đám bụi mù bốc lên và lan rộng, do chính con tuấn mã ấy khuấy động—như một điềm báo rằng nghi lễ Aśvamedha đang tiếp tục tiến bước, và nhà vua vẫn tỉnh thức, chăm chú đến mọi dấu hiệu cùng từng chi tiết trên đường hành lễ.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; from thereupon
• ततः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from there/then')

• रेणुः: dust
• रेणुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेणु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समुद्भूतः: arisen; sprung up
• समुद्भूतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुद्भू (सम्+उद्+√भू) / भूत (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• विबभौ: shone; appeared splendid
• विबभौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भा (भा दीप्तौ) with vi-
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्य: of him/it; his
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वाजिनः: of the horse (steed)
• वाजिनः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• युधिष्ठिर (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• वाजिन् / वाजी (the sacrificial horse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even small signs in a dharmic undertaking—like the dust raised by the sacrificial horse—are treated as meaningful, reflecting the ethic of attentiveness, responsibility, and reverence in royal and ritual action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira describes a moment in the Ashvamedha context: the horse moves and a visible dust-cloud rises and spreads, marking activity and momentum in the unfolding sacrificial progress.