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Shloka 30

अर्हणनिर्णयः

Decision on the Highest Honor at the Assembly

तस्मै भीष्माभ्यनुज्ञात: सहदेव: प्रतापवान्‌ | उपजद्वेडथ विधिवद्‌ वार्ष्णेयायार्घ्यमुत्तमम्‌,भीष्मजीकी आज्ञा मिल जानेपर प्रतापी सहदेवने वृष्णिकुलभूषण भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णको विधिपूर्वक उत्तम अर्घ्य निवेदन किया

tasmai bhīṣmābhyanujñātaḥ sahadevaḥ pratāpavān | upajagāma tataḥ kṛṣṇaṃ vidhivad vārṣṇeyāyārghyam uttamam ||

भीष्मांची आज्ञा मिळताच प्रतापी सहदेव विधिपूर्वक वृष्णिकुलश्रेष्ठ श्रीकृष्णाजवळ गेला आणि उत्तम अर्घ्य अर्पण केले.

तस्मैto him
तस्मै:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
भीष्मby Bhishma
भीष्म:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अभ्यनुज्ञातःhaving been permitted/authorized
अभ्यनुज्ञातः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअभ्यनुज्ञा (धातु: ज्ञा) / अभ्यनुज्ञात (कृदन्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सहदेवःSahadeva
सहदेवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसहदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रतापवान्valiant, mighty
प्रतापवान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतापवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उपजहारoffered, presented
उपजहार:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-हृ (धातु: हृ)
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
तत्that (offering)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
विधिवत्according to rule, duly
विधिवत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविधिवत्
वार्ष्णेयायto the Vrishni scion (Krishna)
वार्ष्णेयाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootवार्ष्णेय
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
अर्घ्यम्arghya-offering (honorary water/oblation)
अर्घ्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअर्घ्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उत्तमम्excellent, best
उत्तमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
S
Sahadeva
K
Kṛṣṇa
V
Vṛṣṇi lineage (Vārṣṇeya)
A
Arghya (honor-offering)

Educational Q&A

Honor should be conferred through dharmic procedure and wise authorization: Sahadeva’s reverence is not merely personal devotion but a public, rule-governed act endorsed by Bhīṣma, aligning ritual propriety with moral legitimacy.

In the royal assembly context (Rājasūya setting), after receiving Bhīṣma’s approval, Sahadeva formally approaches Kṛṣṇa and offers him the highest arghya, marking Kṛṣṇa as the foremost recipient of honor in the gathering.