Shloka 11

Marutta Seeks Saṃvarta’s Priestly Support; Conditions, Truth-Discipline, and Rival Powers

Devanagari script

नाहं तेनाननुज्ञातस्त्वामाविक्षित कहिचित्‌ | याजयेयं कथंचिद्‌ वै स हि पूज्यतमो मम

Transliteration

nāhaṁ tenānanujñātas tvām āvikṣita kahicit | yājayeyam kathaṁcid vai sa hi pūjyatamo mama ||

Translation

毗耶娑说道：“阿毗克希多啊，若未得他允准，我无论如何都不能为你主持祭祀。他于我最为可敬，堪受至高的敬礼。”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• तेन: by him / by that (person)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• अननुज्ञातः: not permitted / not authorized
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अननुज्ञात
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: common, accusative, singular

• आविक्षित: O Āvikṣit (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आविक्षित
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• क्वचित्: ever / anywhere
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित्

• याजयेयम्: I should cause (you) to perform / I should officiate (a sacrifice)
• Type: Verb
• Root: याजय् (यज्-णिच्)
• Form: optative (vidhiliṅ), 1st, singular, parasmaipada, causative

• कथंचित्: in any way / somehow
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचित्

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• हि: for / because
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• पूज्यतमः: most worthy of worship / most venerable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्यतम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular, superlative

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, genitive, singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Āvikṣita
• yajña (sacrifice)
• an unnamed revered brother (pūjyatamaḥ mama)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual action must follow dharma: a priest should not proceed without proper authorization, and personal reverence for elders/teachers sets ethical limits on what one will do, even when requested.

What is happening in the narrative?

Āvikṣita seeks Vyāsa’s help in conducting a sacrifice, but Vyāsa refuses to officiate unless he has obtained permission from a particular person whom Vyāsa calls his most venerable brother.