Shloka 26
अर्हणनिर्णयः
Decision on the Highest Honor at the Assembly
युधिछिर उवाच कस्मै भवान् मन्यते<र्घ्यमेकस्मै कुरुनन्दन । उपनीयमान युक्त च तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा--कुरुनन्दन पितामह! इन समागत नरेशोंमें किस एकको सबसे पहले अर्घ्य निवेदन करना आप उचित समझते हैं? यह मुझे बताइये
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kasmai bhavān manyate ’rghyam ekasmai, Kurunandana? upanīyamānaṃ yuktaṃ ca tan me brūhi, Pitāmaha.
Yudhiṣṭhira thưa: “Ô Pitāmaha, bậc Kurunandana! Trong số các vị quân vương đã đến đây, ngài cho rằng nên dâng arghya trước hết cho ai? Khi nghi lễ đang được chuẩn bị, xin hãy nói cho con điều gì là phải.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic discernment in public honor: ceremonial precedence should be decided by what is truly fitting (yukta) and guided by wise elders, not by impulse or factional preference.
In the royal assembly, as an honor-offering (arghya) is about to be presented among many gathered rulers, Yudhiṣṭhira asks the revered elder Bhīṣma to decide who should receive the first and foremost honor.