Shloka 2
प्राग्ज्योतिषे वज्रदत्त-धनंजय-समागमः
Vajradatta Confronts Dhanaṃjaya at Prāgjyotiṣa
ते समाज्ञाय सम्प्राप्तं यज्ञियं तुरगोत्तमम् । विषयान्तं ततो वीरा दंशिता: पर्यवारयन्
te samājñāya samprāptaṃ yajñiyaṃ turagottamam | viṣayāntaṃ tato vīrā daṃśitāḥ paryavārayan ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອຮູ້ວ່າ ມ້າບູຊາອັນປະເສີດ ສໍາລັບພິທີຍັດ ໄດ້ມາຮອດແດນຊາຍແດນຂອງເຂົາ, ນັກຮົບທັງຫຼາຍ—ສວມເກາະ ແລະພ້ອມອາວຸດຄົບຄັນ—ໄດ້ລ້ອມມ້ານັ້ນໄວ້ທຸກດ້ານ. ເມື່ອລ້ອມແລ້ວ ພວກເຂົາກໍເລີ່ມພະຍາຍາມຈັບມັນ—ເປັນການທ້າທາຍພິທີ ແລະອໍານາດທີ່ພິທີນັ້ນປະກາດໄວ້.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A consecrated act like the Aśvamedha is not merely ritual; it asserts lawful sovereignty. To obstruct or seize the sacrificial horse is to contest that claim, turning a religious procession into a dharma-laden political and ethical confrontation.
The sacrificial horse reaches the border of another territory. Local warriors, fully armed, surround it and begin efforts to capture it—an action that signals resistance to the Aśvamedha and invites a challenge from the rite’s protectors.