Shloka 4

एवमुक्‍त्वा स तानू सर्वान्‌ दीक्षित: पाण्डवाग्रज: । युयोज स यथायोगमधिकारेष्वनन्तरम्‌,यज्ञदीक्षित युधिष्ठिरने ऐसा कहकर उन सबको यथायोग्य अधिकारोंमें लगाया

evam uktvā sa tānū sarvān dīkṣitaḥ pāṇḍavāgrajaḥ | yuyoja sa yathāyogam adhikāreṣv anantaram ||

Vaiśampāyana said: Having spoken thus, Yudhiṣṭhira—the eldest of the Pāṇḍavas, now consecrated for the sacrifice—promptly assigned all of them to their proper duties, each according to fitness and due order. The verse highlights orderly rule and the ethical allotment of responsibility in a sacred undertaking.

एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
उक्त्वाhaving said
उक्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage-neutral)
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
तान्those (persons)
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
दीक्षितःinitiated (for the sacrifice)
दीक्षितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदीक्षित
Formmasculine, nominative, singular, क्त (past passive participle)
पाण्डव-अग्रजःthe eldest of the Pāṇḍavas
पाण्डव-अग्रजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअग्रज
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
युयोजappointed / assigned
युयोज:
TypeVerb
Rootयुज्
Formperfect (liṭ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
यथा-योगम्according to fitness / as appropriate
यथा-योगम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयोग
अधिकार-ेषुin the offices/roles
अधिकार-ेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअधिकार
Formmasculine, locative, plural
अनन्तरम्immediately / thereafter
अनन्तरम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनन्तर

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
P
Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

Dharma in leadership is shown through assigning duties according to merit and suitability, especially in sacred or public undertakings; right order and prompt execution protect both ethical integrity and communal welfare.

After speaking to the assembled persons, Yudhiṣṭhira—already under the discipline of sacrificial consecration—immediately organizes the participants by appointing each to an appropriate role in the forthcoming ritual arrangements.