Shloka 20

Draupadī’s Instruction on Marital Conduct and Household Discipline (चित्तग्रहण-उपदेश)

Devanagari script

एवमग्निर्भगवता नष्ट: पूर्वमथर्वणा । आहूत: सर्वभूतानां हव्यं वहति सर्वदा

Transliteration

evam agnir bhagavatā naṣṭaḥ pūrvam atharvaṇā | āhūtaḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ havyaṁ vahati sarvadā ||

Translation

Vì thế, thuở xưa Agni đã biến mất; rồi bậc tôn kính Atharvan lại triệu thỉnh ngài. Khi đã hiển lộ trở lại, Agni luôn mang các lễ vật tế tự (havis) cho muôn loài—khôi phục dòng chảy nghi lễ đã được định và trật tự vũ trụ.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• अग्निः: Agni (fire-god)
• अग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवता: by the venerable one / by the lord
• भगवता: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• नष्टः: vanished / disappeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूर्वम्: formerly / earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अथर्वणा: by Atharvan
• अथर्वणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अथर्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• आहूतः: having been invoked / called
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ह्वा
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वभूतानाम्: of all beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• हव्यम्: oblation (that which is to be offered)
• हव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वहति: carries
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Atharvan
• Havya (sacrificial oblation)
• Sarvabhūta (all beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When sacred order is disrupted (Agni’s disappearance), it is restored through rightful Vedic action and invocation; Agni’s role as carrier of offerings symbolizes the maintenance of dharma and the proper channel between beings and the divine.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya recounts an earlier episode in which Agni vanished; the seer Atharvan summoned him back, after which Agni again became manifest and continuously bore the oblations offered on behalf of all beings.