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Shloka 77

संहितापुस्तकान्‌ राजन्‌ प्रयतः सुसमाहित:ः । भक्ष्यैमल्यैश्न पेयैश्व कामैश्न विविधै: शुभ:

saṁhitāpustakān rājan prayataḥ susamāhitaḥ | bhakṣyaiḥ mālyaiś ca peyaiś ca kāmaiś ca vividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ ||

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hỡi Đại vương, với sự tự chế và tâm ý thu nhiếp vững vàng, người ta phải tôn kính đúng phép các bộ sách saṁhitā đã được tập thành. Dâng lên những món ăn ngon, vòng hoa, đồ uống và các lễ vật cát tường, đáng ưa chuộng, người ấy phải cúng bái với sự chú tâm và thanh tịnh.”

संहिताthe compilation/collection (saṃhitā)
संहिता:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसंहिता
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
पुस्तकान्books
पुस्तकान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुस्तक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
प्रयतःdisciplined, purified
प्रयतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रयत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सुसमाहितःwell-collected (in mind), fully concentrated
सुसमाहितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-समाहित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भक्ष्यैःwith eatables/delicacies
भक्ष्यैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ष्य
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
माल्यैःwith garlands
माल्यैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमाल्य
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पेयैःwith drinks
पेयैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपेय
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कामैःwith desirable objects/offerings
कामैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकाम
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
विविधैःvarious, diverse
विविधैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootविविध
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
शुभःauspicious, pure
शुभः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
K
King (rājan)
S
saṁhitā-pustaka (compiled scripture-books)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches reverence for sacred learning: texts are to be approached with bodily and mental purity, steady attention, and generous offerings—treating knowledge as a living object of dharma rather than mere material property.

Vaiśampāyana instructs the king on the proper, ritualized honoring of the Mahābhārata’s compiled books (saṁhitās): with disciplined focus, one offers food, garlands, drinks, and other auspicious gifts as part of a formal worship of the manuscripts/recensions.