Shloka 18

युधिष्ठिरस्य राज्याभिषेकः | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Royal Consecration

Devanagari script

पूजयामास तांश्वापि विधिवद्‌ भूरिदक्षिण:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | pūjayāmāsa tān śv api vidhivad bhūridakṣiṇaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana berkata: Raja Yudhiṣṭhira, yang masyhur dengan kurnia yang melimpah, meminta para Brāhmaṇa yang berilmu—berbekal pengajian Veda, keteguhan, dan akhlak mulia—membacakan doa restu yang membawa keberkatan. Lalu baginda memuliakan mereka menurut tatacara yang benar dan mengurniakan derma yang besar. Peristiwa ini menegaskan bahawa pemerintahan yang benar bukan sekadar kuasa, tetapi juga penghormatan kepada ilmu, kebajikan yang berdisiplin, dan pemeliharaan tertib suci melalui kemurahan yang tepat pada waktunya dan menurut dharma.

Word by Word

• पूजयामास: worshipped / honored
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)

• विधिवत्: according to rule / duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय; विधि + वत्)

• भूरिदक्षिणः: one who gives abundant fees (generous donor)
• भूरिदक्षिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरिदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Brāhmaṇas
• Veda
• dakṣiṇā (ritual gifts)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma in governance is shown through vidhivat (rule-bound) honor and generous dakṣiṇā to worthy recipients—especially those grounded in Vedic learning and good conduct—thereby sustaining social and sacred order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira arranges auspicious blessing-recitation by learned, disciplined Brāhmaṇas, then formally honors them and gives them substantial gifts, illustrating his role as a righteous, generous king.