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Shloka 12

राजपूजाविधानम् / Royal Reception Protocols during Āśvamedha Preparations

अद्यप्रभृति कौन्तेय यजस्व समयो हि ते । मुहूर्तो यज्ञिय: प्राप्तश्नीदयन्तीह याजका:

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

adya-prabhṛti kaunteya yajasva samayo hi te |

muhūrto yajñiyaḥ prāptaḥ snīdayantīha yājakāḥ ||

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hỡi con của Kuntī, từ hôm nay hãy khởi sự tế lễ; thời khắc đã định cho ngươi quả thật đã đến. Giờ lành của nghi lễ đã hiện tiền, và các tư tế chủ lễ đang gọi ngươi nơi đây (để khai lễ).”

अद्यtoday
अद्य:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य
प्रभृतिfrom (this time) onward
प्रभृति:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रभृति
कौन्तेयO son of Kunti
कौन्तेय:
TypeNoun
Rootकौन्तेय
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
यजस्वperform (the sacrifice)! / sacrifice!
यजस्व:
TypeVerb
Rootयज्
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada
समयःthe time
समयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसमय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
तेof you / your
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
मुहूर्तःthe auspicious moment
मुहूर्तः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमुहूर्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यज्ञियःfit for sacrifice / sacrificial (auspicious)
यज्ञियः:
TypeAdjective
Rootयज्ञिय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्राप्तःhas arrived / has been obtained
प्राप्तः:
TypeVerb
Rootप्राप्त
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
स्नीदयन्तिthey call/invite (you)
स्नीदयन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootस्नीद्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
याजकाःthe priests/officiants
याजकाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयाजक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
K
Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

Right action (dharma) includes timely performance of prescribed duties. The verse emphasizes beginning a righteous undertaking—here, a royal sacrifice—when the proper time and auspicious conditions are present, guided by qualified ritual experts.

The narrator reports an instruction addressed to Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira): the scheduled time for the sacrifice has arrived, the auspicious muhūrta is present, and the officiating priests are summoning him to commence the rite.