Shloka 9
Adhyāya 31: Rājasūya-samāgama — The Gathering of Kings and the Ordering of Hospitality
सेकानपरसेकांश्व व्यजयत् सुमहाबल: । करं तेभ्य उपादाय रत्नानि विविधानि च
sekān aparasekāṁś ca vyajayat sumahābalaḥ | karaṁ tebhya upādāya ratnāni vividhāni ca ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。並外れて強大なる者は、仕えた者にも仕えなかった者にも等しく恩賞を与え、手を取りてその功を認め、さまざまな宝玉を授けた。この場面は王者の責務を示す。力とは征服にのみ現れるのではなく、公の場での施しと、贈与と顕彰によって忠誠を結び固めることにも現れるのである。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s strength is ethically expressed through generosity and impartial recognition—rewarding people publicly fosters social cohesion, loyalty, and dharmic kingship.
A very powerful figure distributes assorted jewels as rewards, acknowledging recipients by taking their hands—an emblematic courtly gesture of favor—extending gifts even beyond the immediate circle of attendants.