हयमेध
यज्ञोपक्रमः — Commencement of the Aśvamedha Preparations
तथा वसिष्ठवचनादृश्यशृङ्गस्य चोभयो:।शुभे दिवसनक्षत्रे निर्यातो जगतीपति:।।1.13.36।।
tathā vasiṣṭhavacanād ṛśyaśṛṅgasya cobhayoḥ |
śubhe divasanakṣatre niryāto jagatīpatiḥ || 1.13.36 ||
વસિષ્ઠ અને ઋષ્યશૃંગ—બન્નેના વચન અનુસાર, શુભ દિવસ અને શુભ નક્ષત્રે જગતીપતિ રાજા પ્રસ્થાન કર્યો.
O foremost of kings, you ought to see the sacrificial ground full of sources of entertainment arranged everywhere, as though improvised by imagination".
Respect for wise counsel and ritual propriety: dharma is enacted through obedience to qualified teachers and attention to auspicious order.
Daśaratha proceeds toward the yajña proceedings at the time deemed auspicious by the leading sages.
Humility and discipline: the king aligns his actions with the guidance of Vasiṣṭha and Ṛśyaśṛṅga.