Shloka 3
अश्वमेधप्रवृत्तिः
Commencement and Performance of Daśaratha’s Aśvamedha
कर्म कुर्वन्ति विधिवद्याजका वेदपारगा:।यथाविधि यथान्यायं परिक्रामन्ति शास्त्रत:।।।।
karma kurvanti vidhivad yājakā veda-pāragāḥ | yathā-vidhi yathā-nyāyaṃ parikrāmanti śāstrataḥ ||
বেদে পারদর্শী যাজকগণ বিধিপূর্বক যজ্ঞকর্ম সম্পাদন করিলেন। শাস্ত্রানুসারে যথাবিধি ও যথান্যায় সকল প্রক্রিয়া ক্রমান্বয়ে পালন করিতেছিলেন।।
The chief priests, masters of the Vedas, conducted the rituals in consonance with traditions and scriptures. They officiated in conformity with duties laid down in the Vedas and according to law.
FAQs
Dharma is faithful compliance with sacred and legal order: knowledge (Veda) is joined to right practice (vidhi/nyāya), embodying satya as accuracy and integrity in action.
The text summarizes how the priests conduct the Aśvamedha procedures—methodically and in accordance with scripture.
Learned discipline—expertise that expresses itself as careful, lawful conduct rather than mere display of scholarship.