Shloka 25

अर्हणनिर्णयः

Decision on the Highest Honor at the Assembly

Devanagari script

एषामेकैकशो राजन्नर्ष्यमानीयतामिति । अथ चीैषां वरिष्ठाय समर्थायोपनीयताम्‌,इसलिये राजन! तुम बारी-बारीसे इन सबके लिये अर्घ्य दो और इन सबमें जो श्रेष्ठ एवं शक्तिशाली हो, उसको सबसे पहले अर्घ्य समर्पित करो”

Transliteration

eṣām ekaikaśo rājann arghyam ānīyatām iti | atha caiṣāṁ variṣṭhāya samarthāyopanīyatām ||

Translation

“Therefore, O King, let arghya be brought for each of these guests one by one. And among them, let it first be presented to the one who is foremost and most capable.”

Word by Word

• एषाम्: of these (persons)
• एषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• एकैकशः: one by one, individually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकैक

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya (honor-offering)
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आनीयताम्: let (it) be brought
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: imperative (loṭ), passive, third, singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एषाम्: of these (persons)
• एषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• वरिष्ठाय: to the most excellent (one)
• वरिष्ठाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरिष्ठ
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• समर्थाय: to the capable/powerful (one)
• समर्थाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समर्थ
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• उपनीयताम्: let (it) be presented/brought near
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: imperative (loṭ), passive, third, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājan (the king, i.e., Janamejaya in the frame narrative)
• arghya (honor-offering)