Ashvamedhika Parva Adhyaya 88 Shloka 1 - Mahabharata | Vietnamese | Vedapath

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Shloka 1

राजपूजाविधानम् / Royal Reception Protocols during Āśvamedha Preparations

Devanagari script

अपना बछ। अंक अष्टाशीतितमो<् ध्याय: उलूपी और चित्राड़दाके सहित बभ्रुवाहनका रत्न-आभूषण आदिसे सत्कार तथा अभ्रमेध-यज्ञका आरम्भ वैशम्पायन उवाच स प्रविश्य महाबाहु: पाण्डवानां निवेशनम्‌ | पितामहीमभ्यवन्दत्‌ साम्ना परमवल्गुना

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | sa praviśya mahābāhuḥ pāṇḍavānāṁ niveśanam | pitāmahīm abhyavandat sāmnā paramavalguna ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Vị dũng sĩ tay mạnh ấy bước vào nơi ở của các Pāṇḍava và, với lời lẽ dịu ngọt vô cùng, đã kính cẩn đảnh lễ bà nội của mình. Cảnh này nêu bật sự phục hồi trật tự sau chiến tranh qua lễ độ, lòng tôn kính bậc trưởng thượng và nếp sống hợp dharma trong gia tộc.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

सःhe

प्रविश्यhaving entered

महाबाहुःthe mighty-armed (one)

पाण्डवानाम्of the Pandavas

निवेशनम्dwelling, residence

पितामहीम्the grandmother (Kunti)

अभ्यवन्दत्saluted, paid respects to

साम्नाwith a (sweet) chant/hymn; with gentle words

परमवल्गुनाmost sweet/very pleasing

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Pitāmahī (grandmother; elder queen-mother figure)

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 highlights dharmic refinement: entering another’s home with propriety and honoring elders with respectful, gentle speech—an ethical ideal for restoring harmony after conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

A heroic figure arrives at the Pāṇḍavas’ dwelling and formally pays homage to the family’s grandmother, signaling respectful reception and orderly social conduct in the Ashvamedha-period narrative.