Shloka 25

अर्हणनिर्णयः

Decision on the Highest Honor at the Assembly

Devanagari script

एषामेकैकशो राजन्नर्ष्यमानीयतामिति । अथ चीैषां वरिष्ठाय समर्थायोपनीयताम्‌,इसलिये राजन! तुम बारी-बारीसे इन सबके लिये अर्घ्य दो और इन सबमें जो श्रेष्ठ एवं शक्तिशाली हो, उसको सबसे पहले अर्घ्य समर्पित करो”

Transliteration

eṣām ekaikaśo rājann arghyam ānīyatām iti | atha caiṣāṁ variṣṭhāya samarthāyopanīyatām ||

Translation

«فلذلك، أيها الملك، لْيُؤتَ بالأرغْهْيا لكل واحدٍ من هؤلاء الضيوف واحدًا بعد واحد. ومن بينهم، فلتُقدَّم أولًا إلى الأرفع منزلةً والأقدر شأنًا.»

Word by Word

• एषाम्: of these (persons)
• एषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• एकैकशः: one by one, individually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकैक

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya (honor-offering)
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आनीयताम्: let (it) be brought
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: imperative (loṭ), passive, third, singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एषाम्: of these (persons)
• एषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• वरिष्ठाय: to the most excellent (one)
• वरिष्ठाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरिष्ठ
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• समर्थाय: to the capable/powerful (one)
• समर्थाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समर्थ
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• उपनीयताम्: let (it) be presented/brought near
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: imperative (loṭ), passive, third, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājan (the king, i.e., Janamejaya in the frame narrative)
• arghya (honor-offering)