SanskritIASTMeaning
उशद्गवः शतरथःuśadgavaḥ śatarathaḥUshadgava, Sharatha,
देवराजः जयद्रथःdevarājaḥ jayadrathaḥDevaraja, Jayadratha,
वृषादर्भिः च राज-ऋषिःvṛṣādarbhiḥ ca rāja-ṛṣiḥand royal sage Vrishadarbhi
धाम्ना सह स-मन्त्रिणाdhāmnā saha sa-mantriṇāwith his minister Dhaman;
अथ अपरे सहस्राणिatha apare sahasrāṇiand others by the thousand,
ये गताः शशबिन्दवःye gatāḥ śaśabindavaḥwho went [there] — Shashabindu [and the like],
इष्ट्वा अश्व-मेधैः बहुभिःiṣṭvā aśva-medhaiḥ bahubhiḥhaving performed many horse-sacrifices,
महद्भिः भूरि-दक्षिणैःmahadbhiḥ bhūri-dakṣiṇaiḥgreat ones, with abundant gifts;
एते राज-ऋषयः पुण्याःete rāja-ṛṣayaḥ puṇyāḥthese holy royal sages,
कीर्ति-मन्तः बहु-श्रुताःkīrti-mantaḥ bahu-śrutāḥglorious, deeply learned,
तस्याम् सभायाम् राज-ऋषेtasyām sabhāyām rāja-ṛṣein that hall, O royal sage,
वैवस्वतम् उपासतेvaivasvatam upāsateattend upon Vaivasvata;
शतरथोśatarathooriginal form "śataratho", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
देवराजोdevarājooriginal form "devarājo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वृषादर्भिश्vṛṣādarbhiśoriginal form "vṛṣādarbhiś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राजर्षिर्rājarṣiroriginal form "rājarṣir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
समन्त्रिणाsamantriṇāoriginal form "samantriṇā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अथापरेathāpareoriginal form "athāpare", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इष्ट्वाश्वमेधैर्iṣṭvāśvamedhairoriginal form "iṣṭvāśvamedhair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बहुभिर्bahubhiroriginal form "bahubhir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महद्भिर्mahadbhiroriginal form "mahadbhir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भूरिदक्षिणैःbhūridakṣiṇaiḥoriginal form "bhūridakṣiṇaiḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राजर्षयःrājarṣayaḥoriginal form "rājarṣayaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कीर्तिमन्तोkīrtimantooriginal form "kīrtimanto", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बहुश्रुताःbahuśrutāḥoriginal form "bahuśrutāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तस्यांtasyāṃoriginal form "tasyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सभायांsabhāyāṃoriginal form "sabhāyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राजर्षेrājarṣeoriginal form "rājarṣe", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here is shown the fruit of great sacrifices: those who performed horse-sacrifices with abundant gifts attained this abode. It is significant that the generosity of sacrifice raises one to Yama as a hall of honor: what is given as sacrificial fee is not lost but ripens into a heavenly estate. Thus the scripture reveals generosity as a path to the exalted; and further come other dwellers of the hall.