Shloka 2
Sabhā-praveśa, Dāna, and the Courtly Convergence (सभा-प्रवेशः दानं च)
साज्येन पायसेनैव मधुना मिश्रितेन च । कूृसरेणाथ जीवन्त्या हविष्येण च सर्वश:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! तदनन्तर राजा युधिष्ठिरने घी और मधु मिलायी हुई खीर, खिचड़ी, जीवन्तिकाके साग, सब प्रकारके हविष्य, भाँति-भाँतिके भक्ष्य तथा फल, ईख आदि नाना प्रकारके चोष्य और बहुत अधिक पेय (शर्बत) आदि सामग्रियों-द्वारा दस हजार ब्राह्मणोंको भोजन कराकर उस सभा-भवनमें प्रवेश किया
sājyena pāyasenaiva madhunā miśriteṇa ca | kūsareṇātha jīvantyā haviṣyeṇa ca sarvaśaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O Janamejaya, thereafter King Yudhiṣṭhira, having fed ten thousand brāhmaṇas with ghee-rich rice pudding (pāyasa) mixed with honey, with kṛsara, with greens of jīvantī, and with every kind of ritual food (haviṣya), along with many varieties of foods and fruits, diverse chewables such as sugarcane, and abundant drinks, then entered that assembly-hall.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A king’s dharma includes honoring brāhmaṇas and guests through generous, ritually appropriate hospitality; public authority is grounded in self-restraint, giving, and respect for sacred/social norms.
Before entering the assembly-hall, Yudhiṣṭhira arranges a large-scale feeding of brāhmaṇas with various rich and ritually suitable foods and drinks, marking a formal, auspicious preparation for proceedings in the sabhā.