Shloka 26
अर्हणनिर्णयः
Decision on the Highest Honor at the Assembly
युधिछिर उवाच कस्मै भवान् मन्यते<र्घ्यमेकस्मै कुरुनन्दन । उपनीयमान युक्त च तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा--कुरुनन्दन पितामह! इन समागत नरेशोंमें किस एकको सबसे पहले अर्घ्य निवेदन करना आप उचित समझते हैं? यह मुझे बताइये
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kasmai bhavān manyate ’rghyam ekasmai, Kurunandana? upanīyamānaṃ yuktaṃ ca tan me brūhi, Pitāmaha.
Yudhiṣṭhira berkata: “Wahai Pitāmaha, Kurunandana! Dalam kalangan raja-raja yang telah hadir ini, siapakah pada hemat tuanku patut menerima arghya terlebih dahulu? Ketika penghormatan ini sedang disediakan, beritahulah aku apa yang wajar.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic discernment in public honor: ceremonial precedence should be decided by what is truly fitting (yukta) and guided by wise elders, not by impulse or factional preference.
In the royal assembly, as an honor-offering (arghya) is about to be presented among many gathered rulers, Yudhiṣṭhira asks the revered elder Bhīṣma to decide who should receive the first and foremost honor.