Shloka 10

Devanagari script

हविषा यो द्वितीयेन सोमेन सह युज्यते । रथप्रभू रथध्वान: कुम्भरेता: स उच्यते,सोमदेवताके साथ इन्हींको द्वितीय आज्यभाग प्राप्त होता है। इन्हें “रथप्रभु', 'रथध्वान' और “कुम्भरेता' भी कहते हैं

Transliteration

haviṣā yo dvitīyena somena saha yujyate | rathaprabhū rathadhvānaḥ kumbharetāḥ sa ucyate ||

Translation

马尔坎德耶说道：“以第二次供献之物而与苏摩（Soma）同受相应者，称为‘车主’（Rathaprabhu）、‘车鸣者’（Rathadhvāna，声如车雷）、以及‘壶精者’（Kumbharetā，其种在壶）。”

Word by Word

हविषाwith oblation

यःwho

द्वितीयेनwith the second

सोमेनwith Soma

सहtogether with

युज्यतेis joined/associated

रथप्रभुःlord/master of the chariot

रथध्वानःone whose sound is (like) a chariot / chariot-roar

कुम्भरेताःone whose seed is in a pot (epithet)

सःhe

उच्यतेis called/said

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Soma

second oblation (dvitīya-havis / dvitīya-ājya-bhāga)

chariot (ratha)

pot (kumbha)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores ritual dharma: offerings in a sacrifice are to be properly apportioned, and specific divine recipients are honored through designated shares and epithets, reflecting an ordered sacred cosmos.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya identifies a deity associated with Soma who receives the second oblation and is known by three traditional epithets—Rathaprabhu, Rathadhvāna, and Kumbharetā—linking ritual practice with mythic naming.