Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तस्य बालस्य यत्‌ कृत्यं तच्चकार नृपस्तदा । आज्ञापयच्च राक्षस्या मगधेषु महोत्सवम्‌,उस समय राजाने उस बालकके जातकर्म आदि सभी आवश्यक संस्कार सम्पन्न किये और मगधदेशमें जरा राक्षसी (गृहदेवी)-के पूजनका महान्‌ उत्सव मनानेकी आज्ञा दी

Transliteration

tasya bālasya yat kṛtyaṃ tac cakāra nṛpas tadā | ājñāpayac ca rākṣasyā magadheṣu mahotsavam ||

Translation

Bấy giờ nhà vua đã cử hành cho đứa trẻ ấy mọi nghi lễ thích đáng—như lễ sinh (jātakarma) và các saṃskāra cần thiết khác—lại còn truyền lệnh khắp xứ Ma-kiệt-đà mở một đại lễ long trọng để tôn thờ Jarā, nữ rākṣasī được xem như thần hộ trạch của hoàng gia.

Word by Word

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

• बालस्य: of the boy/child
• बालस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• कृत्यम्: duty/required rite
• कृत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चकार: did/performed
• चकार: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नृपः: the king
• नृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then/at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• आज्ञापयत्: commanded/ordered
• आज्ञापयत्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: आज्ञा + √पि/पय (causative of √ज्ञा in usage: आज्ञापयति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• राक्षस्याः: of the rākṣasī (Jarā)
• राक्षस्याः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• मगधेषु: in Magadha (lands/among the Magadhas)
• मगधेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मगध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• महोत्सवम्: a great festival
• महोत्सवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + उत्सव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• nṛpa (the king)
• bāla (the child)
• Jarā rākṣasī (implied by the Hindi gloss)
• Magadha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A king’s dharma includes ensuring that prescribed saṃskāras are duly performed and that communal religious observances are organized in a way that stabilizes society and acknowledges protective powers associated with the realm.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the child’s birth, the king completes the necessary birth-rites and orders a major festival in Magadha honoring Jarā, the rākṣasī connected with the child’s welfare and regarded as a protective/household deity.