Shloka 1
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
नशा (0) आफजअन+- नवतितमो< ध्याय: युधिछिरके यज्ञमें एक नेवलेका उछ्छवृत्तिधारी ब्राह्मणके द्वारा किये गये सेरभर सत्तूदानकी महिमा उस अश्वमेधयज्ञसे भी बढ़कर बतलाना जनमेजय उवाच पितामहस्य मे यज्ञे धर्मराजस्य धीमत: । यदाश्चर्यमभूत् किंचित् तद् भवान् वक्तुमहति,जनमेजयने पूछा--ब्रह्मन! मेरे प्रपितामह बुद्धिमान् धर्मराज युथधिष्ठिरके यज्ञमें यदि कोई आश्चर्यजनक घटना हुई हो तो आप उसे बतानेकी कृपा करें
Janamejaya uvāca | pitāmahasya me yajñe dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ | yad āścaryam abhūt kiñcit tad bhavān vaktum arhati ||
Janamejaya said: “O revered one, in the sacrificial rite of my forefather—the wise Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)—if any remarkable or wondrous incident occurred, please be so kind as to relate it.”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse models respectful inquiry into dharma: a listener seeks not mere spectacle but meaningful narration about a righteous king’s sacrificial context, implying that ethical significance is to be learned through attentive questioning and authoritative instruction.
King Janamejaya requests the narrator to describe any extraordinary incident that occurred during the sacrifice performed by his forefather, the wise Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira—setting up the forthcoming account of a notable event connected with that yajña.