Shloka 8
पाण्डव-वृष्णि-समागमः तथा अश्वमेध-अनुज्ञा | Reunion at the Kuru Court and Authorization of the Aśvamedha
सूतमागधसंघाश्षाप्यस्तुवंस्तं जनार्दनम् । कुरुवंशस्तवाख्याभिराशीर्भिर्भिरतर्षभ
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
sūtamāgadhasaṅghāś cāpy astuvaṁs taṁ janārdanam |
kuravaṁśa-stavākhyābhir āśīrbhir bharatarṣabha bharataśreṣṭha ||
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে— তাৰ পাছত সূত আৰু মাগধসকলৰ সমবেত দল জনাৰ্দনক স্তুতি কৰিবলৈ ধৰিলে। হে ভৰতশ্ৰেষ্ঠ! কুৰুবংশৰ কীৰ্তি বৰ্ণনা কৰা স্তোত্ৰ আৰু আশীৰ্বাদসহ তেওঁলোকে তেওঁৰ গুণগান কৰিলে।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dharmic role of praise (stava) and blessing (āśīḥ) in sustaining social order: bards publicly affirm the legitimacy of the Kuru line and direct devotion toward Janārdana, presenting righteous kingship as supported by both lineage and divine guidance.
After the preceding events, an assembly of professional panegyrists—sūtas and māgadhas—begins to sing and proclaim praises of Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana), coupling their hymn with benedictions and laudatory references to the Kuru dynasty, while the narrator addresses the listener as ‘bharatarṣabha/bharataśreṣṭha’.