Shloka 37

Adhyāya 33: Antarvedī-Samāgama, Arghya-Nirṇaya, and Śiśupāla’s Objection

Devanagari script

ते वाचयित्वा पुण्याहमूहयित्वा च तं विधिम्‌ । शास्त्रोक्तं पूजयामासुस्तद्‌ देवयजनं महत्‌

Transliteration

te vācayitvā puṇyāham ūhayitvā ca taṃ vidhim | śāstroktam pūjayāmāsus tad devayajanaṃ mahat ||

Translation

Họ cho đọc những lời chúc phúc cát tường (pūṇyāha) và cho định lập nghi thức đúng như kinh điển (śāstra) đã dạy, đồng thời tuyên bố saṅkalpa—lời phát nguyện nêu rõ mục đích của lễ. Rồi họ khiến nơi tế tự vĩ đại ấy—đàn tràng dành để phụng thờ chư thiên—được tôn kính theo đúng pháp lệnh của śāstra.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वाचयित्वा: having caused (it) to be recited/read
• वाचयित्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वाचय् (णिच् of वच्)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Causative sense

• पुण्याहम्: the auspicious-day rite/benediction (puṇyāha)
• पुण्याहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्याह
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ऊहयित्वा: having caused (it) to be formulated/declared (as a resolve)
• ऊहयित्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऊह् (णिच् ऊहय्)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Causative sense

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

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विधिम्: procedure/rite
• विधिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शास्त्रोक्तम्: prescribed in the śāstra
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शास्त्रोक्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पूजयामासुः: they worshipped/paid homage
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: लिट् (periphrastic perfect), Perfect (narrative past), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

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

• देवयजनम्: place of sacrifice/altar (for worship of the gods)
• देवयजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवयजन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• devayajana (sacrificial ground)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights śāstra-guided action: major undertakings—especially royal-sacrificial ones—should be sanctified through auspicious rites and carried out strictly according to prescribed procedure, with the intention openly and correctly formulated.

What is happening in the narrative?

Under Vaiśampāyana’s narration, the participants arrange the preliminary sanctifying recitations (puṇyāha), formalize the ritual resolve/intent (ūha/saṅkalpa), and then perform the scripturally prescribed honoring of the grand sacrificial ground (devayajana).