Shloka 12

राजपूजाविधानम् / Royal Reception Protocols during Āśvamedha Preparations

Devanagari script

अद्यप्रभृति कौन्तेय यजस्व समयो हि ते । मुहूर्तो यज्ञिय: प्राप्तश्नीदयन्तीह याजका:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

adya-prabhṛti kaunteya yajasva samayo hi te |

muhūrto yajñiyaḥ prāptaḥ snīdayantīha yājakāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O son of Kuntī, from today onward begin the sacrifice; your appointed time has indeed arrived. The auspicious sacrificial moment is at hand, and here the officiating priests are calling you (to commence).”

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• प्रभृति: from (this time) onward
• प्रभृति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kunti
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यजस्व: perform (the sacrifice)! / sacrifice!
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• समयः: the time
• समयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मुहूर्तः: the auspicious moment
• मुहूर्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यज्ञियः: fit for sacrifice / sacrificial (auspicious)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राप्तः: has arrived / has been obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्त
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्नीदयन्ति: they call/invite (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्नीद्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• याजकाः: the priests/officiants
• याजकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: याजक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Right action (dharma) includes timely performance of prescribed duties. The verse emphasizes beginning a righteous undertaking—here, a royal sacrifice—when the proper time and auspicious conditions are present, guided by qualified ritual experts.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports an instruction addressed to Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira): the scheduled time for the sacrifice has arrived, the auspicious muhūrta is present, and the officiating priests are summoning him to commence the rite.