Shloka 12
जयद्रथ-निग्रहः — Jayadratha Restrained, Shamed, and Released
राजसूयं क्रतुश्रेष्ठं समाप्तवरदक्षिणम् । आहर त्वं मम कृते यथान्यायं यथाक्रमम्
Vaiśampāyana uvāca — Rājasūyaṃ kratuśreṣṭhaṃ samāptavaradakṣiṇam | āhara tvaṃ mama kṛte yathānyāyaṃ yathākramam, rājan ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Isagawa mo para sa akin ang Rājasūya—pinakamainam sa mga handog—na ganap na may pinakamahuhusay na dakṣiṇā. Gawin mo ito nang wasto, ayon sa tuntunin at sa itinakdang pagkakasunod-sunod, O hari.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the importance of performing sacred acts with proper procedure (nyāya) and correct sequence (krama), while also hinting that ritual correctness and lavish gifts can be pursued for worldly power and status rather than inner righteousness.
Vaiśampāyana reports an instruction to arrange the Rājasūya sacrifice with excellent priestly fees and strict ritual order; in the surrounding narrative, Duryodhana, encouraged by such approval, calls his priest and orders the Rājasūya to be performed for him.