Shloka 12
राजपूजाविधानम् / Royal Reception Protocols during Āśvamedha Preparations
अद्यप्रभृति कौन्तेय यजस्व समयो हि ते । मुहूर्तो यज्ञिय: प्राप्तश्नीदयन्तीह याजका:
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
adya-prabhṛti kaunteya yajasva samayo hi te |
muhūrto yajñiyaḥ prāptaḥ snīdayantīha yājakāḥ ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “O anak ni Kuntī, mula sa araw na ito ay simulan mo ang paghahandog na yajña; tunay na dumating na ang itinakdang panahon para sa iyo. Narito na ang mapalad na sandali ng sakripisyo, at tinatawag ka rito ng mga paring tagapagpaganap (upang magsimula).”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Right action (dharma) includes timely performance of prescribed duties. The verse emphasizes beginning a righteous undertaking—here, a royal sacrifice—when the proper time and auspicious conditions are present, guided by qualified ritual experts.
The narrator reports an instruction addressed to Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira): the scheduled time for the sacrifice has arrived, the auspicious muhūrta is present, and the officiating priests are summoning him to commence the rite.