Shloka 1
व्यासजीने कहा--पांचालनरेश! पूर्व कालकी बात है, नैमिषारण्य क्षेत्रमें देवता लोग एक यज्ञ कर रहे थे। उस समय वहाँ सूर्यपुत्र यम शामित्र (यज्ञ)-कार्य करते थे
vyāsa uvāca—pāñcālanareśa! pūrva-kālasya vṛttānto 'yam; naimiṣāraṇya-kṣetre devāḥ yajñaṃ kurvanti sma. tasmin kāle tatra sūrya-putraḥ yamaḥ śāmitraḥ (yajña)-kāryaṃ karoti sma.
Dijo Vyāsa: «¡Oh rey de Pañcāla! Esto es un relato de tiempos antiguos. En la región sagrada de Naimiṣāraṇya, los dioses celebraban un sacrificio. Entonces Yama, hijo del Sol, se hallaba allí, oficiando y cumpliendo los deberes del rito.»
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds dharma through yajña: cosmic and social order is sustained by disciplined ritual duty, and even great deities like Yama are portrayed as performing service within a sacred rite, modeling responsibility and moral order.
Vyasa begins an ancient-time episode addressed to the king of Panchala, setting the scene in Naimisharanya where the gods are conducting a sacrifice, with Yama acting as the officiant performing the yajña-related work.