Shloka 5
सभा-पर्व, अध्याय ६१ — द्रौपदी-प्रश्नः, सभाधर्मः, सत्यवचन-नियमः
संह्ादनो राजरथो य इहास्मानुपावहत् । जैत्रो रथवर: पुण्यो मेघसागरनि:स्वन: ।। अष्टौ यं कुररच्छाया: सदश्वा राष्ट्रसम्मता:
Saṁhādano rājaratho ya ihāsmān upāvahat | Jaitro rathavaraḥ puṇyo meghasāgara-niḥsvanaḥ || Aṣṭau yaṁ kuraracchāyāḥ sadaśvā rāṣṭra-sammatāḥ |
Dijo Yudhiṣṭhira: «Este carro real llamado Saṁhādana, que nos ha traído hasta aquí, es el victorioso, el mejor de los carros: propicio y sagrado; su retumbo es como el bramido de las nubes y del mar. Lo tiran ocho excelentes caballos, oscuros como la sombra del ave kurara, célebres y aprobados en todo el reino».
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how royal power is ideally framed by auspiciousness and public legitimacy: the chariot is praised not merely for strength and sound, but as ‘puṇya’ and ‘rāṣṭra-sammata’—suggesting that true prestige is tied to recognized, ethically sanctioned order rather than brute force alone.
Yudhiṣṭhira describes and praises the royal chariot that has carried them, emphasizing its victorious character, its awe-inspiring roar, and the eight renowned horses that draw it—setting a tone of grandeur and public recognition within the Sabha Parva context.