याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच कतिभिरयमद्यर्ग्भिर्होतास्मिन्यज्ञे करिष्यतीति । तिसृभिरिति । कतमास्तास्तिस्र इति । पुरोनुवाक्या च याज्या च शस्यैव तृतीया । किं ताभिर्जयतीति । यत्किञ्चेदं प्राणभृदिति ॥
yājñavalkyeti hovāca katibhirayamadyargbhirhotāsminyajñe kariṣyatīti | tisṛbhiriti | katamāstāstisra iti | puronuvākyā ca yājyā ca śasyaiva tṛtīyā | kiṃ tābhirjayatīti | yatkiñcedaṃ prāṇabhṛditi ||
'Yajnavalkya,' he said, 'with how many Rig verses will the hotri perform in this sacrifice today?' 'With three.' 'Which are those three?' 'The invitatory verse, the offering verse, and the praise verse as the third.' 'What does he win by them?' 'Whatever here has breath.'
उन्होंने कहा, 'याज्ञवल्क्य, आज इस यज्ञ में होता कितनी ऋचाओं से (कर्म) करेगा?' 'तीन से।' 'वे तीन कौन-सी हैं?' 'पुरोनुवाक्या, याज्या और तीसरी शस्या।' 'उनसे वह क्या जीतता है?' 'जो कुछ भी यहाँ प्राणधारी है।'
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Ritual detail, part of the testing of Yajnavalkya's knowledge of the sacrifice.
यज्ञ का विवरण, याज्ञवल्क्य के यज्ञ-ज्ञान की परीक्षा का भाग।
Brihadaranyaka 3.1.7. Ashvala, Janaka's hotri priest, asks (the question is his) and Yajnavalkya answers: a technical question about the hotri's verses in the sacrifice and what they win.