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Shloka 5

Marutta Seeks a Priest: Bṛhaspati’s Refusal and Nārada’s Guidance to Saṃvarta

Chapter 6

Devanagari script

तमहं यष्टुमिच्छामि सम्भारा: सम्भृताश्च मे । याज्यो5स्मि भवत: साधो तत्‌ प्राप्तुहि विधत्स्व च

Transliteration

tam ahaṁ yaṣṭum icchāmi sambhārāḥ sambhṛtāś ca me | yājyo 'smi bhavataḥ sādho tat prāptuṁ hi vidhatsva ca ||

Translation

毗耶娑说道：“我愿行此祭祀，所需供具皆已备齐。善者，此祭当由您为我主持；还请您使我得以如法成就，并依仪轨加以安排。”

Word by Word

तम्that (sacrifice)

अहम्I

यष्टुम्to perform (a sacrifice)

इच्छामिI desire

सम्भाराःmaterials, requisites

सम्भृताःcollected, gathered

चand

मेof me / my

याज्यःfit to be sacrificed for / to be performed (as a sacrifice); (by context) one who should be made to perform the sacrifice

अस्मिI am

भवतःof you (honorific)

साधोO good man / O venerable one

तत्that (result/thing)

प्राप्तुम्to obtain, to attain

हिindeed, surely

विधत्स्वarrange, accomplish, do (it)

चand

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

yajña (sacrifice)

sambhāra (sacrificial materials)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic order in ritual life: a yajña is not merely personal desire but a disciplined act requiring proper preparation (sambhāra) and guidance from a qualified officiant/elder. It underscores humility and reliance on rightful procedure rather than impulsive action.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker (introduced as Vyāsa in the edition’s heading) voices the intention to begin a sacrifice, stating that all requisites have been assembled, and requests a respected person addressed as “sādho” to officiate/arrange the rite so it may be properly carried out.