Shloka 101

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

य: सहस्र॑ सहस्राणां राज्ञामयुतयाजिनाम्‌ । ईजानो वितते यज्ञे ब्राह्मणेभ्य: सुसंहित:

Transliteration

yaḥ sahasra-sahasrāṇāṃ rājñām ayuta-yājinām | ījāno vitate yajñe brāhmaṇebhyaḥ su-saṃhitaḥ ||

Translation

伐由说道：“那位君王——安婆利沙——心怀善意，笃敬婆罗门；当他举行宏大而周备的祭祀时，便在广阔的祭坛之中，任命成群成群的诸王——他们自身亦是久经祭礼之人——侍奉并护持诸婆罗门。”

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सहस्र: a thousand
• सहस्र: Karma
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सहस्राणाम्: of thousands
• Type: Noun (numeral used substantively)
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• राज्ञाम्: of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अयुतयाजिनाम्: of those who have performed ten-thousand sacrifices
• Type: Adjective (agent-noun)
• Root: अयुतयाजिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• ईजानः: sacrificing / performing (a sacrifice)
• ईजानः: Karta
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: ईज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• वितते: in the extended/spread-out
• वितते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वितत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to/for the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• सुसंहितः: well-arranged / well-prepared
• सुसंहितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective (past participial)
• Root: सु-संहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• King Ambarīṣa
• kings (rājānaḥ)
• Brāhmaṇas
• yajña (sacrifice)
• yajña-maṇḍapa (sacrificial pavilion, implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic ideal of kingship: true greatness is shown by honoring and supporting Brāhmaṇas and sacred rites. Even powerful rulers should place their resources and authority in the service of those dedicated to learning, ritual, and ethical order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu describes King Ambarīṣa conducting an immense sacrifice and assigning vast numbers of other kings—renowned for their own sacrificial merit—to attend upon and serve the Brāhmaṇas within the sacrificial setting, emphasizing the scale of the rite and the king’s reverence.