Shloka 31
दानपात्रापात्र-निर्णयः / Determining Worthy Gifts, Recipients, and Permissible Food
प्रविविक्षु: स धर्मज्ञ: कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर: । अर्चयामास देवांश्ष ब्राह्मणांक्ष सहस्रश:
pravivikṣuḥ sa dharmajñaḥ kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | arcayāmāsa devāṁś ca brāhmaṇāṁś ca sahasraśaḥ ||
将要入城之际，昆蒂之子、通晓达摩的尤提希提罗行诸供奉之礼：敬拜诸天，并向成千上万的婆罗门致以崇敬。此景彰显其以正法为王之志：入城并非个人凯旋，而是一场以虔敬、感恩与社会—宗教责任为根基的庄严奉献之举。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Righteous authority is grounded in dharma: a king’s public actions should begin with reverence toward the divine order (devas) and the moral-intellectual order (brāhmaṇas), signalling humility, gratitude, and responsibility rather than mere power.
Yudhiṣṭhira, preparing to enter the city, performs worship and honours the gods and large numbers of brāhmaṇas, presenting his entry as a consecrated, dharma-oriented act.