Shloka 116
राजपूजाविधानम् / Royal Reception Protocols during Āśvamedha Preparations
युधिष्ठिरं समभ्येत्य वाग्मी वचनमत्रवीत् | उसके तीसरे दिन सत्यवतीनन्दन प्रवचनकुशल महर्षि व्यास युधिष्ठिके पास आकर बोले--
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ samabhyetya vāgmī vacanam atravīt |
Vaiśampāyana berkata: Mendekati Yudhiṣṭhira, resi yang fasih itu menuturkan kata-kata ini. Pada hari ketiga, Mahārṣi Vyāsa—putera Satyavatī, mahir dalam wacana suci—datang kepada Yudhiṣṭhira dan berbicara kepadanya, membuka tirai nasihat yang berlandaskan dharma dan tata laku yang benar.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the ethical authority of instruction: a righteous king (Yudhiṣṭhira) receives guidance from an accomplished sage (Vyāsa). It highlights that governance and personal conduct should be shaped by learned, dharma-grounded counsel rather than impulse or power.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana introduces a new speech episode: Vyāsa approaches Yudhiṣṭhira (noted as occurring on the third day in the accompanying prose) and begins to speak, signaling an impending discourse or directive relevant to the ongoing events of the Aśvamedha context.