Marutta’s Sacrifice: Indra’s Threat, Saṃvarta’s Mantric Restraint, and Divine Reconciliation (अध्याय १०)
ततः: संवर्तश्रैत्यगतो महात्मा यथा वल्लिः प्रज्वलितो द्वितीय: । हवींष्युच्चैराह्नययन् देवसंघान् जुहावाग्नौ मन्त्रवत् सुप्रतीत:
tataḥ saṃvartaśraityagato mahātmā yathā valliḥ prajvalito dvitīyaḥ | havīṃṣy uccair āhnayan devasaṃghān juhāvāgnau mantravat supratītaḥ ||
随后,大心的三婆尔多(Saṃvarta)在祭场就座,光辉灼然,宛如第二团烈火。其以洪声召请诸天众会,心神澄定、于仪轨深信不疑,遂依正法伴以诵咒,将供献之物投入火中而行祭。
व्याय उवाच
The verse highlights dharmic ritual conduct: offerings should be made with proper mantra, clear intention, and disciplined procedure. Ethical force lies in inner composure and correctness of action, not in mere external performance.
Saṃvarta sits in the sacrificial setting, radiating like a second fire, loudly invokes the gods, and performs the oblation by pouring havis into the fire with mantra-recitation, indicating the yajña is being formally and powerfully conducted.