Shloka 9
युधिष्ठिरस्य राज्याभिषेकः | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Royal Consecration
पृथिवीं च सुवर्ण च रत्नानि विविधानि च । आभिषेचनिकं भाण्डं सर्वसम्भारसम्भूतम्
pṛthivīṃ ca suvarṇaṃ ca ratnāni vividhāni ca | ābhiṣecanikaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ sarvasambhārasambhūtam ||
വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അവർ മണ്ണും സ്വർണ്ണവും നാനാവിധ രത്നങ്ങളും, കൂടാതെ രാജാഭിഷേകത്തിനാവശ്യമായ എല്ലാ പാത്രങ്ങളും ഉപകരണങ്ങളും—ആ അഭിഷേകകർമ്മത്തിന് വേണ്ടതെല്ലാം—വിധിപൂർവ്വം സമാഹരിച്ചു കൊണ്ടുവന്നു.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the dharmic ideal that legitimate rule is established through orderly, sanctified procedure: kingship is not mere power but a responsibility inaugurated by consecration, requiring completeness, purity, and proper preparation.
The narrator describes the gathering of materials for a royal abhiṣeka (anointing): earth/clay, gold, gems, and the full set of ritual vessels and requisites needed to perform the consecration properly.