Shloka 7
अश्वमेधावसानम् — Dakṣiṇā-vibhāga and Avabhṛtha
Completion of the Aśvamedha
वैशम्पायन उवाच यज्ञस्य विधिमग्र्यं वै फलं चापि नराधिप । गदत: शृणु मे राजन् यथावदिह भारत,वैशम्पायनजीने कहा--नरेश्वर! भरतनन्दन! मैं यज्ञकी श्रेष्ठ विधि और फलका यहाँ यथावत् वर्णन करता हूँ, तुम मेरा कथन सुनो
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: yajñasya vidhim agryaṃ vai phalaṃ cāpi narādhipa | gadataḥ śṛṇu me rājan yathāvad iha bhārata ||
Dijo Vaiśampāyana: «Oh señor de los hombres, oh rey de la estirpe Bhārata, escucha mis palabras. Aquí expondré, en el debido orden, el procedimiento más excelso del sacrificio y sus frutos, para que comprendas cómo la acción justa produce el resultado que le corresponde».
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
That sacrificial action (yajña) must be performed according to proper rule (vidhi), and that its ‘fruit’ (phala) follows in a morally ordered way; the passage frames ritual as a dharmic discipline rather than mere display.
The narrator-sage Vaiśampāyana addresses the king and announces that he will now explain, step by step, the best method of performing a sacrifice and the results it yields, introducing an instructional section within the Ashvamedhika Parva.