Shloka 32

Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)

Devanagari script

ततः समापयामासु: कर्म तत्‌ तस्य याजका: । आस्तीकश्चा भवत्‌ प्रीत: परिमोक्ष्य भुजड्रमान्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ samāpayāmāsuḥ karma tat tasya yājakāḥ | āstīkaś ca abhavat prītaḥ parimokṣya bhujaṅgamān ||

Translation

随后，主祭的婆罗门祭司们使那场祭仪圆满告终。圣者阿斯底迦既已将诸蛇从死厄中救出，也深感欢喜。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय

• समापयामासुः: they caused to be completed / they concluded
• समापयामासुः: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आप् (समापयति; causative of √आप्/आप्नोति)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपदम्), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• कर्म: the rite, the act (ritual work)
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• तस्य: of him / his
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, षष्ठी, एकवचनम्

• याजकाः: priests, officiants
• याजकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: याजक
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• आस्तीकः: Āstīka
• आस्तीकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्तीक
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: अव्यय

• अभवत्: became, was
• अभवत्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति)
• Form: लङ्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• प्रीतः: pleased, delighted
• प्रीतः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; √प्री/प्रीण्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• परिमोक्ष्य: having freed, after releasing
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि-√मुच् (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त अव्यय; gerund)
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वार्थे) अव्यय

• भुजड्रमान्: serpents (lit. snake-trees)
• भुजड्रमान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुजड्रम (भुजग + द्रुम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्

• तदनन्तरम्: after that, thereafter
• तदनन्तरम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् + अनन्तर (अव्ययीभाव)
• Form: अव्यय

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Āstīka
• yājakāḥ (officiating priests)
• bhujaṅgamāḥ (serpents)
• yajña (sacrificial rite)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a powerful ritual act must remain governed by dharma: when an action—however sanctioned by tradition—threatens indiscriminate destruction, compassion and moral restraint should intervene to protect life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the priests conclude the sacrificial rite, and Āstīka is pleased because he has successfully delivered the serpents from imminent death.