Shloka 22
तस्य सम्राड्गुणाहस्य भवत:ः कुरुनन्दन । राजसूयस्य समयं मन्यन्ते सुहृदस्तव,“कुरुनन्दन! आप तो सम्राटके गुणोंको पानेके सर्वथा योग्य हैं; अतः आपके हितैषी सुहृद् आपके द्वारा राजसूययज्ञके अनुष्ठानका यह उचित अवसर प्राप्त हुआ मानते हैं
tasya samrāḍ-guṇāhasya bhavataḥ kuru-nandana | rājasūyasya samayaṃ manyante suhṛdas tava ||
कुरुनन्दन! आप तो सम्राट् के गुणों को पाने के सर्वथा योग्य हैं; इसलिए आपके हितैषी सुहृद् मानते हैं कि आपके द्वारा राजसूययज्ञ के अनुष्ठान का यही उचित समय है।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Legitimate sovereignty is grounded in personal fitness—royal virtues and worthiness—so major political-religious acts like the Rājasūya should be undertaken when one is ethically and practically prepared, and with the counsel of genuine well-wishers.
In the Sabha Parva’s lead-up to Yudhiṣṭhira’s imperial rite, the narrator reports that his friends and supporters consider him fully qualified for emperorship and therefore see the present moment as the right occasion for him to perform the Rājasūya sacrifice.