Shloka 25

Draupadī’s Rebuke of Jayadratha and Dhaumya’s Admonition (Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 252)

Devanagari script

जुद्वत्यग्नौ हवि: क्षीरं मन्त्रवत्‌ सुसमाहिता: । ब्राह्मणा वेदवेदाड़पारगा: सुदृढव्रता:

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: juhvaty agnau haviḥ kṣīraṃ mantravat susamāhitāḥ | brāhmaṇā vedavedāṅgapāragāḥ sudṛḍhavratāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Các Bà-la-môn—kiên định trong giới nguyện, tinh thông Veda và Vedāṅga—ngồi với tâm chuyên nhất và, cùng lời tụng minh chú đúng phép, bắt đầu dâng bơ sữa (ghī) và cơm sữa (khīra) làm lễ vật vào ngọn lửa thiêng đang rực cháy.

Word by Word

• जुह्वति: they offer (as oblation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (जुहोति)
• Form: Lat (Present), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अग्नौ: in the fire
• अग्नौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• क्षीरम्: milk; rice-milk (kheer)
• क्षीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मन्त्रवत्: with (proper) mantras; accompanied by mantra-recitation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मन्त्रवत्

• सुसमाहिताः: well-collected (in mind), concentrated
• सुसमाहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-समाहित (सम्-आ-धा + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः: versed in the Vedas and Vedangas
• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद-वेदाङ्ग-पारग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुदृढव्रताः: of very firm vows; steadfast in observances
• सुदृढव्रताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दृढ-व्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• brāhmaṇāḥ (Brahmins)
• agni (sacred fire)
• haviḥ (oblations)
• kṣīra (milk/milk-rice)
• ghṛta (ghee, implied by haviḥ and common ritual context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharmic action is shown as disciplined and inwardly focused: ritual is not mere outward performance but requires steadiness in vows, mastery of sacred knowledge, and a collected mind while acting in accordance with mantra and rule.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes learned, vow-observant Brahmins performing a fire-sacrifice, offering ghee and milk-based oblations into the kindled fire while reciting mantras with concentrated attention.