Shloka 22

राजपूजाविधानम् / Royal Reception Protocols during Āśvamedha Preparations

Devanagari script

अभिषूय ततो राजन्‌ सोम॑ सोमपसत्तमा: । सवनान्यानुपूव्येण चक्रुः शास्त्रानुसारिण:,महाराज! सोमपान करनेवालोंमें श्रेष्ठ तथा शास्त्रकी आज्ञाके अनुसार चलनेवाले विद्वानोंने सोमरस निकालकर उसके द्वारा क्रमश: तीनों समयके सवन कर्म किये

Transliteration

abhisūya tato rājan somaṃ somapasattamāḥ | savanāny ānupūrvyena cakruḥ śāstrānusāriṇaḥ ||

Translation

پھر، اے مہاراج، شاستروں کی ہدایت کے مطابق چلنے والے، سوم پینے والوں میں برگزیدہ اہلِ علم نے سوم کا رس نچوڑا اور اس کے ذریعے ترتیب وار تینوں اوقات کے سَوَن کے اعمال ادا کیے۔

Word by Word

अभिषूयhaving pressed (the Soma)

ततःthen, thereafter

राजन्O king

सोमम्Soma (juice/plant)

सोमपसत्तमाःthe best of Soma-drinkers

सवनानिpressings/offerings (savana rites)

अनुपूर्व्येणin due order, successively

चक्रुःthey performed/did

शास्त्रानुसारिणःfollowing the injunctions of the scriptures

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Soma

savana (three Soma pressings)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharma as disciplined adherence to śāstra: sacred acts are to be performed in the prescribed manner and sequence, showing that ritual integrity and order are ethical commitments within Vedic practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the sacrificial proceedings, qualified learned participants press the Soma and carry out the three savana rites in their proper order and times, marking the correct execution of the Soma component of the ceremony.