Shloka 9

Aśvamedha-dīkṣā, Vyāsa’s horse-release, and Arjuna’s departure with Gāṇḍīva (आश्वमेधिक-दीक्षा तथा हय-उत्सर्गः)

Devanagari script

न्यवेदयदमेयात्मा कृष्णद्वैपायनाय वै | राजेन्द्र! उन्होंने मनमें जिन-जिन सामानोंको एकत्र करनेका संकल्प किया था

Transliteration

nyavedayad ameyātmā kṛṣṇadvaipāyanāya vai | rājendra! manasi yān yān sāmagrīṃ samāhartum asaṅkalpayat, tān sarvān saṃgṛhya dharmaputro ’meyātmā rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śrīkṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ vyāsaṃ nyavedayat || tato ’bravīn mahātejā vyāso dharmātmajaṃ nṛpam ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：“噢，诸王之最！法之子尤提士提罗，心量无量，已将心中所决意聚集的一切资具尽数备齐，便告知圣者黑岛仙人——奎师那·堕婆耶那·毗耶娑。于是大威光的毗耶娑对那位守法的王子开口说道。”

Word by Word

• न्यवेदयत्: informed, reported
• न्यवेदयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: निवेदय् (√विद् caus.)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), 3, singular, parasmaipada

• अमेयात्मा: the immeasurable-souled one
• अमेयात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमेयात्मन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• कृष्णद्वैपायनाय: to Krishna-Dvaipayana (Vyasa)
• कृष्णद्वैपायनाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णद्वैपायन
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), 3, singular, parasmaipada

• महातेजाः: the great-splendored one
• महातेजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• व्यासः: Vyasa
• व्यासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• धर्मात्मजम्: the son of Dharma (Yudhishthira)
• धर्मात्मजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मात्मज
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• नृपम्: the king
• नृपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler’s dharma includes disciplined preparation and transparent consultation with wise authorities. Yudhiṣṭhira’s act of gathering the needed requisites and then informing Vyāsa models accountable leadership guided by spiritual counsel.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira completes the collection of the materials he had resolved to assemble (in the context of the ongoing royal-sacrificial preparations) and reports this readiness to Vyāsa; Vyāsa then begins to speak to him.