Shloka 27
Ādi-parva Adhyāya 141: Bhīma–Hiḍimba Confrontation and Protective Discourse
ते वयं पाण्डवज्येष्ठं तरुणं वृद्धशीलिनम् । अभिषिज्चाम साध्वद्य सत्यकारुण्यवेदिनम्,'पाण्डवोंके बड़े भाई युधिष्ठिर यद्यपि अभी तरुण हैं, तो भी उनका शील-स्वभाव वृद्धोंके समान है। वे सत्यवादी, दयालु और वेदवेत्ता हैं; अतः अब हमलोग उन्हींका विधिपूर्वक राज्याभिषेक करें
te vayaṁ pāṇḍava-jyeṣṭhaṁ taruṇaṁ vṛddha-śīlinam | abhiṣiñcāma sādhv adya satya-kāruṇya-vedinam ||
„So lasst uns heute den Ältesten der Pāṇḍavas, Yudhiṣṭhira, ordnungsgemäß weihen: jung an Jahren, doch von der Haltung und Beständigkeit der Alten. Der Wahrheit ergeben, des Mitgefühls kundig und in den Veden bewandert—darum lasst uns seine königliche Salbung nach rechtem Ritus vollziehen.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Legitimate kingship is grounded in dharma: maturity of character, truthfulness, compassion, and sacred learning are presented as the ethical qualifications for rulership, even more than age or power.
The speaker proposes that the community should perform the formal royal consecration (abhiṣeka) of Yudhiṣṭhira, the eldest Pāṇḍava, praising his elder-like conduct despite his youth and citing his truth, compassion, and Vedic learning as reasons.