Shloka 24

Aśvamedha-dīkṣā, Vyāsa’s horse-release, and Arjuna’s departure with Gāṇḍīva (आश्वमेधिक-दीक्षा तथा हय-उत्सर्गः)

Devanagari script

आखूयातव्यश्व भवता यज्ञो5यं मम सर्वश: । पार्थिवे भ्यो महाबाहो समये गम्यतामिति,महाबाहो! मेरे इस यज्ञका समाचार तुम्हें समस्त राजाओंको बताना चाहिये और उनसे यह कहना चाहिये कि आपलोग यथासमय यज्ञमें पधारें

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: ākhyātavyaś ca bhavatā yajño ’yaṃ mama sarvaśaḥ | pārthivebhyo mahābāho samaye gamyatām iti ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Mighty-armed one, you must fully announce this sacrifice of mine to all the kings, and tell them: ‘Come to the sacrifice at the appointed time.’” In the ethical frame of the Aśvamedha, the command underscores royal duty: a public rite must be conducted transparently, with due notice and proper invitation, so that allied and subordinate rulers may participate in an orderly, dharma-governed manner.

Word by Word

आखूयातव्यःto be announced / should be proclaimed

चand

भवताby you (sir)

यज्ञःsacrifice, rite

अयम्this

ममof me, my

सर्वशःentirely; in every way; to all (as an adverb)

पार्थिवेभ्यःto the kings

महाबाहोO mighty-armed one

समयेat the proper time

गम्यताम्let (them) come / they should come

इतिthus (quotative)

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Mahābāhu (addressed hero, contextually Arjuna)

Yajña (Aśvamedha sacrifice)

Pārthivas (kings/rulers)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes