Shloka 47

Devanagari script

अन्निहोत्रैस्ततस्तेषां क्रियमाणैर्महात्मनाम्‌ । अशोभत सरिच्छेष्ठा दीप्यमानै: समन्तत:,चारों ओर प्रकाशित हुए उन महात्माओंद्वारा किये जानेवाले यज्ञसे सरिताओंमें श्रेष्ठ सरस्वतीकी बड़ी शोभा हो रही थी

Transliteration

agnihotraistatas teṣāṁ kriyamāṇair mahātmanām | aśobhata saricchreṣṭhā dīpyamānaiḥ samantataḥ ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：其后，当那些大魂之士行阿耆尼火供（agnihotra）之仪时，萨拉斯瓦蒂——诸河之最——在四面炽燃的祭火照耀下，更显光辉灿然。

Word by Word

अग्निहोत्रैःby/with the agnihotra-sacrifices

ततःthen/thereupon

तेषाम्of them

क्रियमाणैःbeing performed (by means of which / while being performed)

महात्मनाम्of the great-souled ones

अशोभतshone/was splendid

सरित्-श्रेष्ठाthe best of rivers (Sarasvatī)

दीप्यमानैःblazing/shining

समन्ततःon all sides

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sarasvatī (river)

Agnihotra (sacrificial fire rite)

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 the sustaining power of dharma through daily Vedic duty (agnihotra): righteous, disciplined action can create sanctity and order, making even the surrounding environment radiant and spiritually charged.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes great-souled men performing agnihotra rites near the Sarasvatī; the river is portrayed as shining beautifully, lit all around by the sacrificial fires.