Shloka 25
अर्हणनिर्णयः
Decision on the Highest Honor at the Assembly
एषामेकैकशो राजन्नर्ष्यमानीयतामिति । अथ चीैषां वरिष्ठाय समर्थायोपनीयताम्,इसलिये राजन! तुम बारी-बारीसे इन सबके लिये अर्घ्य दो और इन सबमें जो श्रेष्ठ एवं शक्तिशाली हो, उसको सबसे पहले अर्घ्य समर्पित करो”
eṣām ekaikaśo rājann arghyam ānīyatām iti | atha caiṣāṁ variṣṭhāya samarthāyopanīyatām ||
Kaya nga, O Hari, ipadalá ang arghya para sa bawat isa sa mga panauhing ito, isa-isa. At sa kanila, yaong pinakadakila at pinakamarapat, siya ang unang alayan.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Honor should be extended to all worthy guests, but when precedence must be decided, it should go to the most excellent and capable—highlighting the dharmic tension between equal respect and hierarchical recognition.
In the royal assembly context, instructions are given to offer arghya to the gathered persons one by one, and to decide who among them should receive the first and highest honor—setting up a consequential choice about status and merit.