Shloka 1
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nārada uvāca | pṛthuṃ vainyaṃ ca rājānaṃ mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma | yam abhyasiñcan sāmrājye rājasūye maharṣayaḥ ||
Nārada said: “O Sṛñjaya, we have heard that King Pṛthu, the son of Vena, has also died. It was the great seers who, at the Rājasūya sacrifice, anointed him to imperial sovereignty.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the most celebrated and ritually sanctioned sovereignty is transient: a king anointed by sages at a Rājasūya still meets death, underscoring impermanence and the need to ground rule in dharma rather than pride in power.
Nārada reports to Sṛñjaya that King Pṛthu (Vena’s son) has died, while recalling that the sages had earlier consecrated him as an emperor during the Rājasūya sacrifice—linking his famed legitimacy with the inevitability of mortality.