Shloka 29

Kaurava Court Hears of the Pāṇḍavas’ Forest Hardship (वैचित्रवीर्यवंशीयस्य राज्ञः करुणाविचारः)

Devanagari script

विनि:सृत्य ययौ वदल्िवग्यितो विधिवत्‌ प्रभु: । आगम्याहवनीयं वै तैर्द्धिजैर्मन्त्रतो हुतम्‌

Transliteration

viniḥsṛtya yayau vadalivagyito vidhivat prabhuḥ | āgamyāhavanīyaṃ vai tair dvijair mantrato hutam ||

Translation

马尔坎德耶说道：“他既已现身，便在善加指引之下，依正仪而行。及至阿呼梵尼耶圣火（āhavanīya）前，他见诸位两生祭司以吠陀真言向火中奉献供物。”

Word by Word

विनिःसृत्यhaving gone out / having emerged

ययौwent

वदालिवग्यितःnamed/characterized as ‘vadālिवग्यित’ (unclear epithet due to corrupt/rare reading)

विधिवत्according to rule / duly

प्रभुःthe lord / master

आगम्यhaving come / having approached

आहवनीयम्the Āhavanīya (sacred fire)

वैindeed

तैःby those

द्विजैःby the Brahmins (twice-born)

मन्त्रतःwith mantras / by means of mantras

हुतम्offered (as oblation) / sacrificed

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

म

मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)

प

प्रभु (the lord/leader, unspecified here)

द

द्विज (dvija priests)

आ

आहवनीय अग्नि (Āhavanīya fire)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 dharma as disciplined adherence to prescribed sacred procedure: even a powerful person acts 'vidhivat' (according to rule), while the priests perform offerings correctly with mantras, showing that authority is harmonized with ritual order and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

A lordly figure departs and proceeds as properly instructed, then arrives at the āhavanīya sacrificial fire where Brahmin priests have already performed mantra-accompanied oblations, indicating an ongoing or completed rite conducted in due form.