Shloka 20

राजपूजाविधानम् / Royal Reception Protocols during Āśvamedha Preparations

Devanagari script

न तेषां स्खलितं किंचिदासीच्चाप्यकृतं तथा | क्रममुक्तं च युक्त च चक्रुस्तत्र द्विजर्षभा:

Transliteration

na teṣāṃ skhalitaṃ kiñcid āsīc cāpy akṛtaṃ tathā | kramamuktaṃ ca yuktaṃ ca cakrus tatra dvijarṣabhāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Trong lễ tế ấy, không hề thấy một sơ suất hay lỗi lầm nào trong sự cử hành của họ. Không nghi thức nào bị bỏ sót, cũng không việc nào bị để dang dở. Những bậc tối thượng trong hàng “nhị sinh” đã hoàn tất mọi hành sự theo đúng thứ tự và với sự chuẩn xác thích đáng—một hình ảnh của kỷ cương nghi lễ và bổn phận được gìn giữ nghiêm cẩn.

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• स्खलितम्: a slip/fault
• स्खलितम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्खलित
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• किञ्चित्: anything
• किञ्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किञ्चित्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: imperfect, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अकृतम्: undone/unperformed
• अकृतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकृत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• क्रममुक्तम्: deviating from the proper sequence
• क्रममुक्तम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रम-मुक्त
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

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

• युक्तम्: improperly joined/incorrectly arranged
• युक्तम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

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

• चक्रुः: they did/performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: perfect, 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

• तत्र: there/in that (rite/place)
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• द्विजर्षभाः: bulls among the twice-born (excellent Brahmins)
• द्विजर्षभाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-ऋषभ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• dvijarṣabhāḥ (excellent brāhmaṇas)
• yajña (sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is upheld through careful, complete, and properly ordered action: duties should be performed without omission, without haste, and with appropriateness (yukta), reflecting integrity and disciplined responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Aśvamedha-related sacrificial proceedings, the leading brāhmaṇas conduct the rites so precisely that no mistake, omission, or incomplete act occurs; everything is performed in correct sequence and in a fitting manner.