Shloka 31
दानपात्रापात्र-निर्णयः / Determining Worthy Gifts, Recipients, and Permissible Food
प्रविविक्षु: स धर्मज्ञ: कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर: । अर्चयामास देवांश्ष ब्राह्मणांक्ष सहस्रश:
pravivikṣuḥ sa dharmajñaḥ kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | arcayāmāsa devāṁś ca brāhmaṇāṁś ca sahasraśaḥ ||
شہر میں داخل ہونے کو آمادہ، دھرم کے جاننے والے کُنتی پُتر یُدھشٹھِر نے دیوتاؤں کی اور ہزاروں برہمنوں کی باقاعدہ پوجا و تعظیم کی۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Righteous authority is grounded in dharma: a king’s public actions should begin with reverence toward the divine order (devas) and the moral-intellectual order (brāhmaṇas), signalling humility, gratitude, and responsibility rather than mere power.
Yudhiṣṭhira, preparing to enter the city, performs worship and honours the gods and large numbers of brāhmaṇas, presenting his entry as a consecrated, dharma-oriented act.