Shloka 3

Devanagari script

संश्रुत्य धर्मराजस्य यज्ञ यज्ञविदस्तदा | अन्ये च शतशस्तुष्टर्मनोभिर्भरतर्षभ,भरतकुलभूषण! यज्ञवेत्ता धर्मराजका यज्ञ सुनकर अन्य सैकड़ों मनुष्य भी संतुष्ट हृदयसे वहाँ गये

Transliteration

saṁśrutya dharmarājasya yajñaṁ yajñavidās tadā | anye ca śataśas tuṣṭa-manobhir bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Услышав о жертвоприношении Дхармараджи, знатоки жертвенных обрядов — и многие другие, сотнями, — в то время отправились туда с радостными сердцами, о бык среди Бхарат. Весть о яджне праведного царя привлекала людей не принуждением, но доверием к дхарме и ожиданием щедрости, совершаемой в порядке и мере.

Word by Word

• संश्रुत्य: having heard
• संश्रुत्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-श्रु (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), कर्तरि, absolutive (gerund)

• धर्मराजस्य: of Dharmaraja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराजस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice; yajña
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यज्ञविदः: knowers of sacrifice (ritual experts)
• यज्ञविदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा
• Form: true

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: true

• शतशः: by hundreds; in hundreds
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशः
• Form: true

• तुष्टमनःभिः: with satisfied hearts/minds
• तुष्टमनःभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्टमनस्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भरतकुलभूषण: O ornament of the Bharata lineage
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतकुलभूषण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Janamejaya (implied by address: bharatarṣabha)
• yajña (sacrifice/ritual)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A righteous ruler’s public religious act (yajña) functions as an ethical signal: it attracts people through confidence in dharma, orderly conduct, and the expectation of generosity and proper hospitality.

What is happening in the narrative?

News spreads that Dharmarāja is conducting a yajña. Ritual specialists and many other people, pleased at heart, gather and proceed to the place of the sacrifice.