Shloka 14
तानागतानभिप्रेक्ष्य समस्तं च सुहृज्जनम् । ब्राह्मणांश्र महीपाल नानादेशसमागतान्,अवश्यमेव वक्तव्यमिति कृत्वा ब्रवीमि व: । एष न्यासो मया दत्त: सर्वेषां वो युधिष्ठिर:
tān āgatān abhiprekṣya samastaṃ ca suhṛjjanam | brāhmaṇāṃś ca mahīpāla nānādeśa-samāgatān | avaśyam eva vaktavyam iti kṛtvā bravīmi vaḥ | eṣa nyāso mayā dattaḥ sarveṣāṃ vo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
ଆସିଥିବା ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ—ସମଗ୍ର ସୁହୃଦ୍ଜନଙ୍କୁ ଏବଂ ନାନା ଦେଶରୁ ଆସିଥିବା ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣମାନଙ୍କୁ—ଦେଖି ରାଜା ନିଶ୍ଚୟ କଲେ, “ଏହା ନିଶ୍ଚୟ କହିବା ଉଚିତ।” ତେଣୁ ସେ କହିଲେ—“ଏହି ନ୍ୟାସ, ଏହି ଅର୍ପିତ ଦାୟିତ୍ୱ, ମୁଁ ତୁମ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କ ଉପରେ—ଏବଂ ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିରଙ୍କ ଉପରେ—ରଖିଛି।”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Public duty and moral accountability: when a leader recognizes that a matter concerns the community, he must speak plainly and formally entrust responsibility (nyāsa) to those who should bear it—especially to the rightful dharmic authority, here associated with Yudhiṣṭhira.
A king, seeing assembled well-wishers and brāhmaṇas from many regions, decides that a necessary statement must be made. He then addresses the gathering and declares that an entrusted charge/responsibility has been placed upon them all, with explicit mention of Yudhiṣṭhira.