Shloka 1

अर्हणनिर्णयः

Decision on the Highest Honor at the Assembly

Devanagari script

अफत-८#-रू- जा - नीलकण्ठीकी टीकामें छः: अग्नियाँ इस प्रकार बतायी गयी हैं--आरम्भणीय

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tato 'bhiṣecanīye 'hani brāhmaṇā rājabhiḥ saha | antarvedīṁ praviviśuḥ satkārārhā maharṣayaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Kemudian, pada hari upacara konsekrasi (abhisecaniya), para maharsi yang patut dihormati beserta para brāhmaṇa, bersama para raja, memasuki pelataran suci bagian dalam (antarvedī).

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अभिषेचनीये: on the consecration (rite/day)
• अभिषेचनीये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिषेचनीय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अहनि: on the day
• अहनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजभिः: with kings
• राजभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• अन्तर्वेदीम्: the inner sacrificial enclosure/altar-area
• अन्तर्वेदीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर्वेदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रविविशुः: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सत्कारार्हाः: worthy of honor/reception
• सत्कारार्हाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्कारार्ह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महर्षयः: great sages
• महर्षयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• brāhmaṇas
• kings (rājas)
• maharṣis (great seers)
• antarvedī (inner sacrificial enclosure)
• Rājasūya (implied by context of abhiṣecanīya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate sovereignty is framed as dharma-bound: royal authority is publicly affirmed through correct ritual procedure and through honoring those worthy of honor (seers and brāhmaṇas), showing that power is to be exercised under sacred and ethical norms.

What is happening in the narrative?

On the consecratory day of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya-related rites, the honored seers and brāhmaṇas, along with assembled kings, enter the inner ritual arena, setting the stage for subsequent events in the ceremony (including discussions leading toward Kṛṣṇa’s preeminent worship).