Shloka 23

Devanagari script

राजमार्गाः क्रियन्तां मे पताकाभिरलंकृता: । पुष्पोपहारैररच्यन्तां देवताश्चापि सर्वश:

Transliteration

rājamārgāḥ kriyantāṁ me patākābhir alaṅkṛtāḥ | puṣpopahārair aracyantāṁ devatāś cāpi sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

Wika ni Vaiśampāyana: “Ihanda para sa akin ang mga lansangang-hari at palamutian ng mga watawat. Ayusin ang mga handog na bulaklak, at sambahin din ang mga diyos sa lahat ng dako.”

Word by Word

• राजमार्गाः: royal roads
• राजमार्गाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजमार्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्रियन्ताम्: let (them) be made / be prepared
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative (Lot), Passive, Third, Plural

• मे: for me / my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पताकाभिः: with banners
• पताकाभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पताका
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• अलंकृताः: adorned
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अलंकृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुष्पोपहारैः: with flowers and offerings
• पुष्पोपहारैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्पोपहार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अरच्यन्ताम्: let (them) be arranged / prepared
• Type: Verb
• Root: रच्
• Form: Imperative (Lot), Passive, Third, Plural

• देवताः: the deities
• देवताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सर्वशः: everywhere / in every way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशस्

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājamārga (royal roads)
• patākā (banners/flags)
• puṣpa-upahāra (flower offerings)
• devatā (deities)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Public power is to be exercised with auspiciousness and responsibility: civic spaces are ordered, beauty is used to uplift the community, and divine worship is invoked to align political action with dharma and collective well-being.

What is happening in the narrative?

An instruction is issued to prepare for a royal occasion—clearing and decorating the main roads with flags, arranging flower-offerings, and ensuring widespread worship of the deities—signaling a formal procession or reception conducted with ritual propriety.