Shloka 13

राजपूजाविधानम् / Royal Reception Protocols during Āśvamedha Preparations

Devanagari script

अहीनो नाम राजेन्द्र क्रतुस्तेडयं च कल्पताम्‌ । बहुत्वात्‌ काज्चनाख्यस्य ख्यातो बहुसुवर्णक:,“राजेन्द्र! तुम्हारे इस यज्ञमें किसी बातकी कमी नहीं रहेगी। इसलिये यह किसी भी अंगसे हीन न होनेके कारण अहीन (सर्वांगपूर्ण) कहलायेगा। इसमें सुवर्ण नामक द्रव्यकी अधिकता होगी; इसलिये यह बहुसुवर्णक नामसे विख्यात होगा

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: ahīno nāma rājendra kratus te ’yaṃ ca kalpatām | bahutvāt kāñcanākhyasya khyāto bahusuvarṇakaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O König, möge dein Opfer ordnungsgemäß vollendet werden als ein ‘Ahīna’—ohne Mangel an irgendeinem Glied oder Erfordernis. Und wegen der Fülle an Gold (kāñcana), die darin verwendet wird, wird es unter dem Namen ‘Bahusuvarṇaka’ berühmt sein: das goldreiche Opfer.“

Word by Word

{'Vaiśampāyana uvāca''Vaiśampāyana said', 'ahīnaḥ': 'not deficient

without omission', 'nāma''by name

called', 'rājendra''O best of kings', 'kratuḥ': 'Vedic sacrifice

solemn rite', 'te''your', 'ayam': 'this', 'kalpatām': 'let it be properly arranged/fulfilled

let it come to completion according to rule', 'bahutvāt''because of abundance

due to great quantity', 'kāñcana-ākhyasya''of that which is called gold

of gold (as the named substance)', 'khyātaḥ''renowned

celebrated', 'bahu-suvarṇakaḥ''having much gold

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

rājendra (the king addressed)

kratu (the sacrifice/yajña)

kāñcana (gold)

suvarṇa (gold)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes ritual integrity (no omission in prescribed limbs of a sacrifice) and the ethical dimension of royal rites: abundance of resources—here, gold—signals generosity and public renown, but the primary standard is completeness according to dharma and rule.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the king’s sacrifice as being arranged to be fully complete (‘Ahīna’) and notes that, due to the great quantity of gold used or distributed, it will become famous under the epithet ‘Bahusuvarṇaka’ (“rich in gold”).