Shloka 8

Cāturhotra as Inner Sacrifice (Yoga-Yajña) and Nārāyaṇa Recitation

Devanagari script

विदुषां बुध्यमानानां स्वं स्व स्थानं यथाविधि । गुणास्ते देवताभूता: सततं भुठ्जते हवि:

Transliteration

viduṣāṁ budhyamānānāṁ svaṁ sva sthānaṁ yathāvidhi | guṇās te devatābhūtāḥ satataṁ bhuñjate haviḥ ||

Translation

婆罗门说道：“于诸智者——真正在觉知中醒悟者——命息等诸机能，各各依其法则，了知自身之所安。彼等诸德既如天神，便恒常享受祭献之供物。”

Word by Word

• विदुषाम्: of the learned
• विदुषाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्वस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• बुध्यमानानाम्: of those who are understanding/awakening
• बुध्यमानानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुध्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural, Present participle (ātmanepada), शतृ/शानच् (बुध्यमान)

• स्वम्: one's own
• स्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्वम्: one's own (each)
• स्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्थानम्: place/position
• स्थानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• विधि: in the prescribed rule/rite
• विधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गुणाः: qualities
• गुणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: those/they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देवताभूताः: having become deities; deity-formed
• देवताभूताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवताभूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past participle (क्त), from भू (भूत) with देवता as qualifier

• सततम्: always, continually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत

• भुञ्जते: they partake/enjoy
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

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

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (Brahmin speaker)
• देवताः (deities, as a metaphor for guṇas)
• हविः (sacrificial oblation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True wisdom is shown by inner order: the faculties and life-forces remain established in their proper functions according to dharma/vidhi. When harmonized, these very qualities are treated as ‘deities’ that receive the offering—suggesting that disciplined living turns one’s inner life into a well-governed sacrifice.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin speaker is explaining a doctrinal point using sacrificial imagery: in the wise, the constituents/faculties know their rightful places, and as deities they continually ‘enjoy the oblation.’ The verse frames inner psychological-spiritual regulation in the language of yajña.