Shloka 1736

Śiśupāla’s Protest Against the Arghya to Kṛṣṇa (शिशुपाल-आक्षेपः)

Devanagari script

आज म्मु: पाण्डुपुत्रस्य राजसूयं महाक्रतुम्‌ । ये तथा दूसरे भी बहुत-से-मध्यदेशीय नरेश पाण्डुनन्दन युधिष्ठिरके राजसूय महायज्ञमें सम्मिलित हुए थे

Transliteration

ājammiḥ pāṇḍuputrasya rājasūyaṃ mahākratum | ye tathā dvitīyā api bahavaḥ madhyadeśīyā nareśāḥ pāṇunandana yudhiṣṭhirasya rājasūya-mahāyajñe sammilitā abhavan |

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: إنّ ملوكًا كثيرين من إقليم مَدهْيَدِيشا، ومعهم غيرهم أيضًا، اجتمعوا ليشاركوا في الذبيحة الملكية العظمى «راجاسويا» التي أقامها يودهيشثيرا ابن باندو. وتُبرز الرواية كيف تُثبَّت شرعية الحاكم ومكانته الأخلاقية على الملأ عبر شعيرة جليلة تُسندها موافقة الملوك الآخرين وحضورهم.

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• पाण्डुपुत्रस्य: of the son of Pandu
• पाण्डुपुत्रस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• राजसूयम्: the Rājasūya (royal consecration sacrifice)
• राजसूयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाक्रतुम्: the great sacrifice/rite
• महाक्रतुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाक्रतु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍu
• Madhyadeśa
• Rājasūya (sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that righteous kingship is not merely personal power but a publicly recognized moral and political order, affirmed through sacred ritual and the willing participation of other rulers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that many central-region kings and other rulers gathered to participate in Yudhiṣṭhira’s grand Rājasūya sacrifice, marking his rise to acknowledged imperial status.