Shloka 22

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

आविक्षितस्य वै सत्रे विश्वेदवा: सभासद: । मरुतः परिवेष्टार: साध्याश्नासन्‌ महात्मन:,“महामना मरुत्तके यज्ञमें विश्वेदेवणण सभासद थे और मरुद्गण तथा साध्यगण रसोई परोसनेका काम करते थे

Transliteration

Āvikṣitasya vai satre viśve devāḥ sabhāsadaḥ | marutaḥ pariveṣṭāraḥ sādhyāśnāsan mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

Thần Vāyu nói: “Trong kỳ tế lễ dài ngày (satra) của Āvikṣit, các Viśvedevas ngồi dự như những thành viên hội đồng. Các Maruts làm người hầu phân phát lễ vật và thức ăn, còn các Sādhyas thì thọ thực. Như vậy, nghi lễ của vị chủ tế đại hồn ấy thật linh thiêng và huy hoàng, đến nỗi cả chư thiên cũng đảm nhận vai trò theo trật tự.”

Word by Word

• आविक्षितस्य: of Avikṣit
• आविक्षितस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आविक्षित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• सत्रे: in the sattra (sacrificial session)
• सत्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विश्वेदेवाः: the Viśvedevas (all-gods)
• विश्वेदेवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वेदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सभासदः: assembly-members; attendees
• सभासदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभासद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मरुतः: the Maruts
• मरुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परिवेष्टारः: servers; distributors (of food/offerings)
• परिवेष्टारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिवेष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• साध्याः: the Sādhyas
• साध्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अश्नासन्: ate; partook (of food)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• महात्मनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Āvikṣit
• Satra (sacrificial session)
• Viśvedevas
• Maruts
• Sādhyas
• Sabhā (assembly hall)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that when a sacrifice is conducted in accordance with dharma—proper order, reverence, and generosity—even the gods are portrayed as participating harmoniously, each taking a fitting role. Ethical excellence in ritual and patronage creates social and cosmic concord.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu describes the grandeur of Āvikṣit’s satra: the Viśvedevas sit as honored assembly members, the Maruts act as attendants distributing provisions, and the Sādhyas partake of the meal—depicting a divinely attended sacrificial gathering.