Shloka 6

अर्जुनदुःखहेतुप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the cause of Arjuna’s recurring hardship

Book 14, Chapter 89

Devanagari script

संस्थाप्यैवं तस्य राज्ञस्तं यज्ञ शक्रतेजस:

Transliteration

saṃsthāpyaivaṃ tasya rājñas taṃ yajñaṃ śakra-tejasaḥ

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：如此为国王妥善建立并安排了那场祭祀——其光辉如因陀罗之威耀——一切仪程遂依王者之职分与神圣法度，井然有序地展开。

Word by Word

• संस्थाप्य: having established / having set up
• संस्थाप्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु √स्था)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• एवं: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• तस्य: of him / of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• राज्ञः: of the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तम्: him / that (one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice; ritual
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शक्रतेजसः: of (one) having Indra-like splendor / of Indra-splendor
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्र-तेजस्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• rājā (the king)
• yajña (sacrifice)
• Śakra/Indra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharmic order in kingship: a ruler’s great rites must be properly established and conducted according to sacred procedure, reflecting legitimacy, restraint, and responsibility rather than mere display.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes the formal establishment and arrangement of the king’s sacrifice—presented as possessing Indra-like splendor—signaling that the ritual proceedings have been set in motion in a duly sanctioned manner.