Shloka 37

राजपूजाविधानम् / Royal Reception Protocols during Āśvamedha Preparations

Devanagari script

स किंपुरुषसंकीर्ण: किंनरैश्वनोपशोभित: । सिद्धविप्रनिवासैश्च समनन्‍्तादभिसंवृत:

Transliteration

sa kiṃpuruṣasaṃkīrṇaḥ kiṃnaraiś caivānupaśobhitaḥ | siddhavipranivāsaiś ca samanantād abhisaṃvṛtaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Gian tế lễ ấy đông nghịt Kiṃpuruṣa, và vẻ huy hoàng còn được tô điểm bởi các Kiṃnara. Bốn phía đều được bao quanh bởi nơi cư trú của các Siddha và các Bà-la-môn, khiến đàn tế như được vây bọc—cho thấy nghi lễ được chứng kiến và nâng đỡ bởi cả những bậc thành tựu cõi trời lẫn những người học rộng gìn giữ dharma.

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• किंपुरुष-संकीर्णः: filled/crowded with Kimpuruṣas
• किंपुरुष-संकीर्णः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संकीर्ण (√कीर्/कीर्ण)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• किंनरैः: by/with Kinnaras
• किंनरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंनर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• वन-उपशोभितः: adorned/beautified (as in a grove/forest-like setting)
• वन-उपशोभितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपशोभित (उप-√शुभ्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सिद्ध-विप्र-निवासैः: by/with the dwellings of Siddhas and Brahmins
• सिद्ध-विप्र-निवासैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवास
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• समन्तात्: on all sides, all around
• समन्तात्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात्

• अभिसंवृतः: enclosed/surrounded
• अभिसंवृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिसंवृत (अभि-सम्-√वृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• yajña-maṇḍapa (sacrificial pavilion)
• Kiṃpuruṣas
• Kiṃnaras
• Siddhas
• Vipras (Brahmins)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that a royal sacrifice gains legitimacy and auspicious power when it is upheld by dharmic authorities (vipras) and witnessed by exalted beings (siddhas). Ethical kingship is portrayed as requiring public, learned, and spiritually elevated sanction—not mere display of power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the scene of the yajña-maṇḍapa: it is crowded with wondrous semi-divine beings (Kiṃpuruṣas and Kiṃnaras) and surrounded on all sides by the residences of Siddhas and Brahmins, emphasizing the grandeur and sanctity of the Ashvamedha setting.