Shloka 24
अश्वमेधीयस्य हयस्य दक्षिणापश्चिमगमनम् — The Sacrificial Horse’s Southern and Western Circuit
मैवं भू: शाम्यतां वैरं मा ते भूद् बुद्धिरीदृशी । गच्छेथथास्त्वं परां चैत्रीमश्वमेधे नूपस्य न:,“अब हमलोगोंमें ऐसा बर्ताव नहीं होना चाहिये। आपसका वैर शान्त हो जाय। अब तुम कभी इस प्रकार हमलोगोंके विरुद्ध युद्ध ठाननेका विचार न करना। “आगामी चैत्रमासकी पूर्णिमाको महाराज युधिष्ठिरका अश्वमेध यज्ञ होनेवाला है। उसमें तुम अवश्य आना”
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
maivaṁ bhūḥ śāmyatāṁ vairaṁ mā te bhūd buddhir īdṛśī |
gacchethathās tvaṁ parāṁ caitrīm aśvamedhe nūpasya naḥ ||
“Do not act in this way. Let the hostility be pacified; do not let such a resolve arise in you again—never again think of taking up war against us. On the coming full-moon of the month of Caitra, King Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha sacrifice is to be performed; you must certainly come there.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच