Shloka 24
अश्वमेधीयस्य हयस्य दक्षिणापश्चिमगमनम् — The Sacrificial Horse’s Southern and Western Circuit
मैवं भू: शाम्यतां वैरं मा ते भूद् बुद्धिरीदृशी । गच्छेथथास्त्वं परां चैत्रीमश्वमेधे नूपस्य न:,“अब हमलोगोंमें ऐसा बर्ताव नहीं होना चाहिये। आपसका वैर शान्त हो जाय। अब तुम कभी इस प्रकार हमलोगोंके विरुद्ध युद्ध ठाननेका विचार न करना। “आगामी चैत्रमासकी पूर्णिमाको महाराज युधिष्ठिरका अश्वमेध यज्ञ होनेवाला है। उसमें तुम अवश्य आना”
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
maivaṁ bhūḥ śāmyatāṁ vairaṁ mā te bhūd buddhir īdṛśī |
gacchethathās tvaṁ parāṁ caitrīm aśvamedhe nūpasya naḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “Do not act in this way. Let the hostility be pacified; do not let such a resolve arise in you again—never again think of taking up war against us. On the coming full-moon of the month of Caitra, King Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha sacrifice is to be performed; you must certainly come there.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse urges restraint and reconciliation: enmity should be calmed, and one should not let a hostile intention harden into renewed warfare. Ethical governance is shown through inviting former opponents into a public, dharmic rite rather than perpetuating vendetta.
The speaker (Vaiśampāyana, narrating) conveys a message that discourages further conflict against the Pāṇḍavas and extends an invitation to attend Yudhiṣṭhira’s forthcoming Aśvamedha sacrifice on the Caitra full-moon, signaling a move from war to ritual and political consolidation.