Shloka 12
जयद्रथ-निग्रहः — Jayadratha Restrained, Shamed, and Released
राजसूयं क्रतुश्रेष्ठं समाप्तवरदक्षिणम् । आहर त्वं मम कृते यथान्यायं यथाक्रमम्,राजन! कर्णके इस प्रकार अनुमोदन करनेपर दुर्योधनने अपने पुरोहितको बुलाकर यह बात कही--'ब्रह्मन्! आप मेरे लिये उत्तम दक्षिणाओंसे युक्त क्रतुश्रेष्ठ रजसूयका यथोचित रीतिसे विधिपूर्वक अनुष्ठान करवाइये'
Vaiśampāyana uvāca — Rājasūyaṃ kratuśreṣṭhaṃ samāptavaradakṣiṇam | āhara tvaṃ mama kṛte yathānyāyaṃ yathākramam, rājan ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Laksanakanlah untukku Rājasūya—yang terbaik antara segala korban—yang disempurnakan dengan dakṣiṇā yang unggul. Lakukanlah dengan tepat, menurut hukum dan menurut tertib upacara, wahai raja.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the importance of performing sacred acts with proper procedure (nyāya) and correct sequence (krama), while also hinting that ritual correctness and lavish gifts can be pursued for worldly power and status rather than inner righteousness.
Vaiśampāyana reports an instruction to arrange the Rājasūya sacrifice with excellent priestly fees and strict ritual order; in the surrounding narrative, Duryodhana, encouraged by such approval, calls his priest and orders the Rājasūya to be performed for him.