Shloka 11
जयद्रथ-निग्रहः — Jayadratha Restrained, Shamed, and Released
एवमुक्तस्तु कर्णेन धार्तराष्ट्रो विशाम्पते । पुरोहितं समानाय्य वचन चेदमब्रवीत्
evam uktas tu karṇena dhārtarāṣṭro viśāmpate | purohitaṃ samānāyya vacanaṃ cedam abravīt |
قال فَيْشَمْبَايَنَة: لما خوطِبَ دُريودَهَنَةُ ابنُ دِهْرِتَرَاشْتْرَةَ بكلامِ كَرْنَةَ على هذا النحو، يا سيّدَ الناس، استدعى كاهنَهُ المنزليّ وقال: «أيّها البرهمن، أَقِمْ لي ذبيحةَ الملوك، أرفعَ القرابين، الرّاجاسويا، على الوجه اللائق ووفق القاعدة والسنن، مُزَوَّدةً بأفضل الدَّكْشِنَا (عطايا الأجر الطقسي).»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how sacred rites can be invoked to legitimize worldly aims: a ruler seeks prestige through a grand sacrifice and generous fees, raising an ethical question—whether ritual is pursued for dharma and public good or for personal power and rivalry.
After Karṇa’s words of approval/encouragement, Duryodhana summons his royal priest and orders him to arrange the Rājasūya sacrifice properly, with rich dakṣiṇās, signaling his intent to assert sovereignty and status through Vedic ceremony.