Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ऋत्विजश्न समाहूता यथोक्ता वेदपारगा: । क्रियां कुर्वन्तु ते राजन्‌ यथाशास्त्रमरिंदम,“शत्रुदमन नरेश! तुम्हारे द्वारा आमन्त्रित शास्त्रोक्त योग्यतासे सम्पन्न वेदज्ञ ऋत्विक्‌ विधिके अनुसार सब कार्य करें

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: Ṛtvijaś ca samāhūtā yathoktā vedapāragāḥ | Kriyāṁ kurvantu te rājan yathāśāstram arindama ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O king, subduer of foes—let the officiating priests, learned in the Vedas and summoned as prescribed, carry out the rites exactly in accordance with the śāstras.”

Word by Word

ऋत्विजःpriests (ṛtviks)

समाहूताःsummoned, called together

यथाas, according to

उक्ताःappointed/mentioned (as prescribed)

वेदपारगाःknowers of the Veda (those who have gone to the end of the Veda)

क्रियाम्rite, ritual act

कुर्वन्तुlet them do / may they perform

तेthey

राजन्O king

यथाas, according to

शास्त्रम्scriptural rule, injunction

अरिंदमO subduer of foes

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

the king (rājan, arindama)

Ṛ

ṛtvij (Vedic priests)

Veda

śāstra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharma through correct procedure: even powerful rulers should ensure that sacred acts are performed by qualified Vedic priests and strictly according to śāstra, not by whim or expediency.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a king, noting that the invited Veda-knowing priests have been assembled and should now proceed to perform the prescribed ritual actions in full conformity with scriptural rules.