Shloka 166

युधिष्ठिरस्य राज्याभिषेकः | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Royal Consecration

Devanagari script

पाञ्चजन्याभिषिक्तश्न राजामृतमुखो5 भवत्‌ | श्रीकृष्णकी आज्ञासे पाञ्चजन्य शंखद्वारा अभिषेक हो जानेपर भाइयोंसहित राजा युधिष्ठिरका मुख इतना सुन्दर दिखायी देने लगा, मानो नेत्रोंसे अमृतकी वर्षा कर रहा हो

Transliteration

Pāñcajanyābhiṣiktaś ca rājāmṛtamukho ’bhavat |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Lorsque le roi Yudhiṣṭhira fut rituellement consacré—sur l’ordre de Śrī Kṛṣṇa—au moyen de l’auspicieuse conque Pāñcajanya, son visage, avec ses frères à ses côtés, parut d’un éclat incomparable, comme si de ses yeux pleuvait le nectar.

Word by Word

• पाञ्चजन्य: by (the conch) Pāñcajanya
• पाञ्चजन्य: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चजन्य (प्रातिपदिक; शङ्खनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभिषिक्तः: anointed, consecrated
• अभिषिक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-षिच् (धातु) → अभिषिक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अमृतमुखः: having a nectar-like face
• अमृतमुखः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became, was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Pāñcajanya (conch)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate rule is affirmed through dharmic consecration and righteous guidance: the king’s authority is portrayed as sanctified and beneficent, symbolized by a nectar-like radiance rather than mere force.

What is happening in the narrative?

At Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s instruction, Yudhiṣṭhira undergoes an abhiṣeka connected with the conch Pāñcajanya; afterward his face appears exceptionally radiant, with his brothers present, indicating auspicious installation and moral renewal after conflict.