Shloka 226
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 148: Vāsudeva’s Report—Mobilization and the Nīti Sequence
Sāma–Bheda–Daṇḍa
सर्वे निवारयामासुर्देवापेरभिषेचनम् । उन्होंने देवापिके मंगलके लिये सभी आवश्यक कृत्य सम्पन्न कराये; परंतु उस समय सब ब्राह्मणों तथा वृद्ध पुरुषोंने नगर और जनपदके लोगोंके साथ आकर देवापिका राज्याभिषेक रोक दिया
sarve nivārayāmāsur devāper abhiṣecanam |
ତେବେ ସମସ୍ତେ ଏକାସାଥି ଉଠି ଦେବାପିଙ୍କ ରାଜ୍ୟାଭିଷେକକୁ ରୋକିଦେଲେ। ଦେବାପିଙ୍କ ମଙ୍ଗଳ ପାଇଁ ଆବଶ୍ୟକ ସମସ୍ତ ଶୁଭକ୍ରିୟା ସଜା ଥିଲା; କିନ୍ତୁ ସେହି ସମୟରେ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣମାନେ ଓ ବୃଦ୍ଧମାନେ ନଗର ଓ ଜନପଦର ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କ ସହ ଆସି ରାଜ୍ୟାଭିଷେକ ଅଟକାଇଦେଲେ।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Legitimate kingship is not merely a private ambition or a completed ritual; it depends on communal and moral sanction—especially the assent of elders and custodians of dharma (brāhmaṇas). When society judges a consecration improper, it may be restrained even at the final moment.
As preparations for Devāpi’s royal consecration are underway, a broad coalition—brāhmaṇas, elders, and the people of both city and countryside—arrives and collectively blocks the abhiṣeka, halting his installation.