Shloka 26

मरुत्तोपाख्यान-प्रस्तावः — Genealogy to Marutta and the Logistics of Royal Sacrifice

Devanagari script

काज्चन: सुमहान्‌ पादस्तत्र कर्म चकार सः । ततः कुण्डानि पात्रीश्व पिठराण्यासनानि च

Transliteration

kāñcanaḥ sumahān pādas tatra karma cakāra saḥ | tataḥ kuṇḍāni pātrīś ca piṭharāṇy āsanāni ca ||

Translation

毗耶娑说道：在那里，他备置了一座极其宏大的金色台座，使祭仪之事由此启动。随后奉其号令，无数金匠前来，铸造金制火坛、器皿、盘盏与座具。叙事强调国王以周密的秩序与充沛的资财来成就祭祀之志，将王者财富视为奉事庄严法义之礼的工具，而非徒然炫耀。

Word by Word

• कश्चन: someone, a certain (person/thing)
• कश्चन: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कश्चन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुमहान्: very great
• सुमहान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पादः: a quarter/part; (lit.) foot
• पादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• कर्म: work, act, rite
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चकार: did, performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• कुण्डानि: pits/basins (kundas)
• कुण्डानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• पात्रीषु: in/among vessels (bowls/containers)
• पात्रीषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्रि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• पिठराणि: jars/pots
• पिठराणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिठर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• आसनानि: seats, stools
• आसनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• golden platform/base (kāñcanaḥ pādaḥ)
• ritual work (karma)
• fire-pits (kuṇḍāni)
• vessels (pātrīḥ)
• plates/dishes (piṭharāṇi)
• seats (āsanāni)
• goldsmiths (implied by context)