Shloka 1

Devanagari script

हि >> आय न [हुक हि 7 आम अष्टात्रिशर्दाधिकशततमो< ध्याय: अर्वावसुकी तपस्याके प्रभावसे परावसुका ब्रह्महत्यासे मुक्त होना और रैभ्य, भरद्वाज तथा यवक्रीत आदिका पुनर्जीवित होना लोगश उवाच एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु बृहद्द्युम्नो महीपति: । सत्र तेने महाभागो रैभ्ययाज्य: प्रतापवान्‌,लोमशजी कहते हैं--युधिष्ठिर! इन्हीं दिनों महान्‌ सौभाग्यशाली एवं प्रतापी नरेश बृहद्द्युम्नने एक यज्ञका अनुष्ठान आरम्भ किया। वे रैभ्यके यजमान थे

Transliteration

Lomaśa uvāca— etasminn eva kāle tu bṛhaddyumno mahīpatiḥ | satraṃ tene mahābhāgo raibhyayājyaḥ pratāpavān ||

Translation

Lomāśa nói: “Hỡi Yudhiṣṭhira! Đúng vào thời ấy, vua Bṛhaddyumna—cao quý và hùng mạnh—khởi sự một kỳ tế lễ dài ngày (satra). Trong nghi lễ đó, nhà vua là người bảo trợ (yajamāna) cho hiền giả Raibhya.”

Word by Word

लोमशःLomasha (the sage)

उवाचsaid

एतस्मिन्in this

एवindeed/just

कालेtime

तुbut/and

बृहद्द्युम्नःBrihaddyumna (a king; 'of great splendor')

महीपतिःlord of the earth, king

सत्रम्a sacrificial session (sattra)

तेनेperformed

महाभागःvery fortunate, illustrious

रैभ्ययाज्यःhaving Raibhya as the officiant/priest (yājya)

प्रतापवान्powerful, valorous

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomaśa

Bṛhaddyumna

Raibhya

satra (sacrificial session)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds dharma through yajña: a righteous king supports sacred rites under a qualified sage, suggesting that power is ideally exercised in service of ritual order, social welfare, and reverence for spiritual authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomaśa introduces a new episode by marking the time: King Bṛhaddyumna begins a long sacrificial session (satra), with the sage Raibhya acting as the principal priest for whom the king is the patron.