Shloka 9
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Reception Plan for Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa): Gifts, Procession, and Protocol
तस्य पूजार्थमद्यैव संविधत्स्व परंतप । सभा: पथि विधीयन्तां सर्वकामसमन्विता:
tasya pūjārtham adyaiva saṃvidhatsva paraṃtapa | sabhāḥ pathi vidhīyantāṃ sarvakāmasamanvitāḥ ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśaṃpāyana: “O tagasunog ng mga kaaway, simulan mo na ngayong araw ang paghahanda para sa kanyang pagsalubong at paggalang. Magpatayo ng mga bulwagang pahingahan sa daan, na sagana sa lahat ng ginhawa at mga kailangan ayon sa nais.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharma expressed as proper hospitality and timely preparation: honoring an important guest through organized, well-provisioned arrangements is treated as an ethical and political duty, especially in moments of high-stakes diplomacy.
Vaiśaṃpāyana reports an instruction to a heroic figure addressed as ‘paraṃtapa’ to begin immediate preparations for a distinguished person’s reception, including establishing rest-halls along the travel route stocked with all necessary comforts.