Shloka 1
Aśvamedha-saṃbhāra: Return of the Horse, Auspicious Timing, and Construction of the Yajña Enclosure
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपरव्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें अश्वमेधयज्ञका आरम्भविषयक पचासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ ८५ ॥। न२््च्स्स््त्ािस्सि हु £:नप्ट षडशीतितमो<्ध्याय: राजा युधिष्ठिरका भीमसेनको राजाओंकी पूजा करनेका आदेश और श्रीकृष्णका युधिष्ठिरसे अर्जुनका संदेश कहना वैशम्पायन उवाच समागतान् वेदविदो राज्ञश्न पृथिवीश्वरान् दृष्टवा युधिष्ठटिरो राजा भीमसेनमभाषत
vaiśampāyana uvāca | samāgatān vedavido rājñaś ca pṛthivīśvarān dṛṣṭvā yudhiṣṭhiro rājā bhīmasenam abhāṣata |
毗湿摩波耶那说道：“见到通晓吠陀的圣贤们在彼处集会，又见统御大地的诸王齐至，国王由提施提罗便对毗摩塞那开口。值此阿湿婆梅陀（Aśvamedha）筹备之际，此景凸显由提施提罗依正法而治的王者风范：敬礼博学的婆罗门，并按仪轨与礼制恭敬接纳诸侯诸王。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic leadership: a righteous king recognizes and honors both spiritual authority (Veda-knowing sages) and temporal authority (other kings), initiating action through proper counsel and protocol rather than impulse.
As preparations for the Aśvamedha proceed, many Vedic scholars and kings arrive. Yudhiṣṭhira, seeing the gathered assembly, turns to Bhīma and begins giving instructions—setting up the forthcoming acts of reception, worship/honoring, and royal ceremony.