Sabha Parva Adhyaya 36 Shloka 1 - Mahabharata | Tamil | Vedapath

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Shloka 1

अर्हणनिर्णयः

Decision on the Highest Honor at the Assembly

Devanagari script

अफत-८#-रू- जा - नीलकण्ठीकी टीकामें छः: अग्नियाँ इस प्रकार बतायी गयी हैं--आरम्भणीय

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tato 'bhiṣecanīye 'hani brāhmaṇā rājabhiḥ saha | antarvedīṁ praviviśuḥ satkārārhā maharṣayaḥ ||

Translation

வைசம்பாயனர் கூறினார்—பின்னர் அபிஷேசனீய கர்மம் நடைபெறும் நாளில், மரியாதைக்குரிய மகரிஷிகளும் பிராமணர்களும் அரசர்களுடன் சேர்ந்து அந்தர்வேதிக்குள் நுழைந்தனர்।

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

ततःthen/thereafter

अभिषेचनीयेon the consecration (rite/day)

अहनिon the day

ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins

राजभिःwith kings

सहtogether with

अन्तर्वेदीम्the inner sacrificial enclosure/altar-area

प्रविविशुःentered

सत्कारार्हाःworthy of honor/reception

महर्षयःgreat sages

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

brāhmaṇas

kings (rājas)

maharṣis (great seers)

antarvedī (inner sacrificial enclosure)

Rājasūya (implied by context of abhiṣecanīya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate sovereignty is framed as dharma-bound: royal authority is publicly affirmed through correct ritual procedure and through honoring those worthy of honor (seers and brāhmaṇas), showing that power is to be exercised under sacred and ethical norms.

What is happening in the narrative?

On the consecratory day of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya-related rites, the honored seers and brāhmaṇas, along with assembled kings, enter the inner ritual arena, setting the stage for subsequent events in the ceremony (including discussions leading toward Kṛṣṇa’s preeminent worship).