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Shloka 34

राजसूयविचारः — Deliberation on the Rajasuya and the Summoning of Kṛṣṇa

Devanagari script

गते तु नारदे पार्थो भ्रातृभि: सह कौरव: । राजसू[यं क्रतुश्रेष्ठ चिन्तयामास पार्थिव:,नारदजीके चले जानेपर कुरुश्रेष्ठ कुन्तीनन्दन राजा युधिष्ठिर अपने भाइयोंके साथ राजसूय नामक श्रेष्ठ यज्ञके विषयमें विचार करने लगे

Transliteration

gate tu nārade pārtho bhrātṛbhiḥ saha kauravaḥ | rājasūyaṃ kratuśreṣṭhaṃ cintayāmāsa pārthivaḥ ||

Translation

ครั้นนารทจากไปแล้ว ปารถะคือยุธิษฐิระ ผู้เป็นยอดแห่งกุรุ ได้ประทับร่วมกับพระอนุชาและเริ่มพิจารณาพิธีราชสูยะ อันเป็นยัญพิธีหลวงที่ประเสริฐยิ่ง

Word by Word

गतेwhen (he) had gone

तुbut/indeed

नारदेwhen Narada (was gone)

पार्थःthe son of Pritha (Yudhishthira)

भ्रातृभिःwith brothers

सहtogether with

कौरवःthe Kuru prince (Yudhishthira)

राजसूयम्the Rajasuya (sacrifice)

क्रतुश्रेष्ठम्the best of sacrifices

चिन्तयामासthought/considered

पार्थिवःthe king

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Pārtha (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Yudhiṣṭhira's brothers (the Pāṇḍavas)

Rājasūya (sacrifice)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Great power and public rites like the Rājasūya should arise from thoughtful deliberation and rightful means; a dharmic king does not act impulsively but reflects with trusted counsel (here, his brothers) before pursuing sovereignty-enhancing actions.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the sage Nārada leaves, Yudhiṣṭhira (called Pārtha and Kaurava) consults with his brothers and begins considering the performance of the Rājasūya, the premier royal sacrifice that proclaims imperial status.