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 ||
अतिमहाबलवानाने सेवक आणि असेवक—दोघांनाही संतुष्ट केले; त्यांचे हात धरून सन्मान केला आणि विविध प्रकारची रत्ने दिली.
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.