Shloka 25

यज्ञवाटवैभववर्णनम् / Description of the Splendour of the Sacrificial Enclosure

Devanagari script

तैः समेत्यार्चितस्तांश्ष प्रत्यर्च्याथ यथाविधि

Transliteration

taiḥ sametyārcitas tān sa pratyarcyātha yathāvidhi

Translation

他与众人相会，受其依礼敬奉；尤提希提罗亦按仪轨回敬，以礼还礼。

Word by Word

• तैः: by them / with them
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• समेत्य: having come together / having met
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-इ (इण्)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• अर्चितः: honoured / worshipped
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रत्यर्च्य: having honoured in return / having reciprocally worshipped
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-अर्च्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• अथ: then / and then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• यथाविधि: according to rule / duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + विधि

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Honor should be reciprocated and expressed in a lawful, disciplined manner. The verse highlights dharmic conduct: returning respect with respect, not merely as courtesy but as adherence to prescribed social and ritual norms.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira meets a group who honor him first; he then formally returns that honor, performing the appropriate acts of reception and reverence according to established procedure.