Shloka 16
कर्ण–कृष्णसंवादः (Karṇa–Kṛṣṇa-saṃvādaḥ) — Karṇa’s Statement on Lineage, Loyalty, and the ‘Śastra-yajña’ Metaphor
अन्मनिं जुहोतु वै धौम्य: संशितात्मा द्विजोत्तम: । अद्य त्वामभिषिज्चन्तु चातुर्वैद्या द्विजातय:
anmaniṁ juhotu vai dhaumyaḥ saṁśitātmā dvijottamaḥ | adya tvām abhiṣiñcantu cāturvaidyā dvijātayaḥ ||
Que Dhaumya—el más excelso de los brahmanes, disciplinado y dueño de sí—realice la oblación en el fuego sagrado. Y que hoy los dvija, sabios versados en los cuatro Vedas, te consagren con el abhiṣeka.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Legitimate rule and major decisions should be grounded in dharma—validated through disciplined conduct and Vedic-sanctioned rites—rather than asserted by power alone. The verse highlights ethical legitimacy: authority is strengthened when recognized by learned, self-controlled ritual experts and aligned with sacred procedure.
Vāyudeva instructs that the Brahmin Dhaumya should perform a fire-oblation and that learned twice-born Veda-masters should consecrate the addressed person through abhiṣeka. The scene frames an impending political act (installation/confirmation of authority) as a formal, dharmic rite carried out by qualified Brahmins.