Shloka 12

अध्याय ३३ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य कुशलप्रश्नाः तथा विदुरस्य योगसमाधिः

Chapter 33: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Welfare-Inquiries and Vidura’s Yogic Absorption

Devanagari script

आह्तो यत्र यज्ञस्ते तत्र देवा हितास्तव । यदा समन्विता देवा: पशूनां गमनेश्वचरा:

Transliteration

āhṛto yatra yajñas te tatra devā hitās tava | yadā samanvitā devāḥ paśūnāṁ gamaneṣu carāḥ ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说：“凡陛下之祭祀依正法而行之处，诸天便在彼处对陛下生起善意与友爱。当天神如此以友谊同心时，便能——以其恩泽——引导众生继续前行，令其得达所愿之诸世界。”

Word by Word

• आहूतः: invoked/called
• आहूतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आहू (धातु) → आहूत (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• यज्ञः: sacrifice/ritual
• यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हिताः: well-disposed/beneficial
• हिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-निष्पन्न from √धा/√हि in sense 'placed/beneficial')
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तव: to you/your
• तव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• समन्विताः: endowed/associated (with)
• समन्विताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-अन्वि (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पशूनाम्: of creatures/animals
• पशूनाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• गमनेषु: in (their) goings/departures
• गमनेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन (प्रातिपदिक; from √गम्)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• चराः: moving/acting (ones); attendants
• चराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक; agent-noun from √चर्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• yajña (sacrifice)
• devāḥ (gods)
• paśavaḥ/paśūnām (living beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Properly performed yajña aligns human action with dharma and invites divine goodwill; such divine favor is portrayed as enabling beings to attain their intended higher destinations (iṣṭa-loka), linking ethical ritual conduct with spiritual outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana explains that from the moment the sacrifice was begun, the gods became friendly to the sacrificer; when the gods are favorably disposed, they actively assist beings in their onward passage and grant attainment of desired worlds.