Shloka 4

राजसूयविचारः — Deliberation on the Rajasuya and the Summoning of Kṛṣṇa

Devanagari script

पितामहसभायां तु कथितास्ते महर्षय: । सर्वे देवनिकायाश्ष सर्वशास्त्राणि चैव ह,ब्रह्माजीकी सभामें आपने महर्षियों, सम्पूर्ण देवगणों तथा समस्त शास्त्रोंकी स्थिति बतायी है

Transliteration

pitāmahasabhāyāṁ tu kathitās te maharṣayaḥ | sarve devanīkāyāś ca sarvaśāstrāṇi caiva ha ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „In der Versammlung des Großvaters (Brahmā) hast du die Gegenwart und Stellung der großen Seher geschildert — ja, aller Scharen der Götter — und sogar aller heiligen Wissenschaften.“

Word by Word

पितामहसभायाम्in the assembly of the grandsire (Brahmā)

तुindeed/but

कथिताःwere spoken/told

तेthose

महर्षयःgreat sages

सर्वेall

देवनिकायाःof the hosts of gods

सर्वशास्त्राणिall the scriptures

चand

एवindeed/just

हindeed (particle)

Speaker

युधिछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Pitāmaha (Brahmā)

Maharṣis (great seers)

Devas (hosts of gods)

Śāstras (scriptural sciences)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that rightful governance and judgment rest on recognizing legitimate sources of authority—seers, divine order, and the disciplines of śāstra—so that decisions align with dharma rather than mere power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses the speaker and acknowledges a prior description of Pitāmaha’s (Brahmā’s) assembly, where great sages, the hosts of gods, and the totality of śāstric knowledge are said to be present—highlighting the grandeur and normative authority of that divine council.