Shloka 173

युधिष्ठिरस्य राज्याभिषेकः | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Royal Consecration

Devanagari script

धर्मराजो5पि तत्‌ सर्व प्रतिजग्राह धर्मत: । तदनन्तर वहाँ बाजा बजानेवाले लोग पणव, आनक तथा दुन्दुभिकी ध्वनि करने लगे। धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरने भी धर्मानुसार वह सारा स्वागत सत्कार स्वीकार किया

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: Dharmarājo 'pi tat sarvaṁ pratijagrāha dharmataḥ. Tadanantaraṁ tatra vādakāḥ paṇava-ānaka-dundubhi-dhvaniṁ cakruḥ.

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: King Yudhiṣṭhira too accepted all that reception and honor in accordance with dharma. Thereafter, the musicians there began to sound the paṇava, ānaka, and dundubhi drums, filling the place with ceremonial music—marking a public welcome that he receives without pride, but as a duty aligned with righteous conduct.

Word by Word

• धर्मराजः: Dharma-king (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतिजग्राह: accepted, received
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मतः: according to dharma, rightly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धर्म
• Form: tasil-derivative (ablatival adverb)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• paṇava
• ānaka
• dundubhi