Shloka 8

Aśvamedha-dīkṣā, Vyāsa’s horse-release, and Arjuna’s departure with Gāṇḍīva (आश्वमेधिक-दीक्षा तथा हय-उत्सर्गः)

Devanagari script

सम्भाराश्रैव राजेन्द्र सर्वे संकल्पिता5भवन्‌ | स सम्भारान्‌ समाहृत्य नृपो धर्मसुतस्तदा

Transliteration

sambhārāś caiva rājendra sarve saṅkalpitābhavan | sa sambhārān samāhṛtya nṛpo dharmasutas tadā ||

Translation

রাজেন্দ্র! যজ্ঞের জন্য প্রয়োজনীয় সব প্রস্তুতি স্থির ও সম্পন্ন হল। তারপর ধর্মপুত্র রাজা যুধিষ্ঠির সেই সব উপকরণ সংগ্রহ করে যথাবিধি অগ্রসর হলেন।

Word by Word

• सम्भाराः: preparations, supplies
• सम्भाराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• संकल्पिताः: arranged, made ready
• संकल्पिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संकल्पित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभवन्: were, became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्भारान्: preparations, supplies
• सम्भारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समाहृत्य: having collected, having brought together
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-हृ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• नृपः: the king
• नृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मसुतः: son of Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मसुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मसुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmasuta)
• sambhārāḥ (ritual/ceremonial requisites)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic leadership: a righteous king acts through clear resolve (saṅkalpa) and careful preparation (sambhāra-saṅgraha), showing that ethical action is supported by disciplined planning rather than impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that all necessary arrangements were decided and put in place; Yudhiṣṭhira then gathered the required materials, indicating the commencement of an important royal-ritual undertaking in the Ashvamedhika context.