Shloka 23

Devanagari script

राजमार्गाः क्रियन्तां मे पताकाभिरलंकृता: । पुष्पोपहारैररच्यन्तां देवताश्चापि सर्वश:

Transliteration

rājamārgāḥ kriyantāṁ me patākābhir alaṅkṛtāḥ | puṣpopahārair aracyantāṁ devatāś cāpi sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hãy sửa soạn các đại lộ hoàng gia cho trẫm và trang hoàng bằng cờ phướn. Hãy bày biện lễ vật hoa, và khắp nơi cũng phải phụng thờ các thần linh.”

Word by Word

• राजमार्गाः: royal roads
• राजमार्गाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजमार्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्रियन्ताम्: let (them) be made / be prepared
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative (Lot), Passive, Third, Plural

• मे: for me / my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पताकाभिः: with banners
• पताकाभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पताका
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• अलंकृताः: adorned
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अलंकृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुष्पोपहारैः: with flowers and offerings
• पुष्पोपहारैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्पोपहार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अरच्यन्ताम्: let (them) be arranged / prepared
• Type: Verb
• Root: रच्
• Form: Imperative (Lot), Passive, Third, Plural

• देवताः: the deities
• देवताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सर्वशः: everywhere / in every way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशस्

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājamārga (royal roads)
• patākā (banners/flags)
• puṣpa-upahāra (flower offerings)
• devatā (deities)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Public power is to be exercised with auspiciousness and responsibility: civic spaces are ordered, beauty is used to uplift the community, and divine worship is invoked to align political action with dharma and collective well-being.

What is happening in the narrative?

An instruction is issued to prepare for a royal occasion—clearing and decorating the main roads with flags, arranging flower-offerings, and ensuring widespread worship of the deities—signaling a formal procession or reception conducted with ritual propriety.