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Shloka 11

युधिष्ठिरस्य राज्याभिषेकः | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Royal Consecration

शमीपिप्पलपालाशसमिथधो मधुसर्पिषी । खुव औदुम्बर: शंखस्तथा हेमविभूषित:

śamīpippalapālāśasamidhāḥ madhusarpīṣī | khuva audumbaro śaṅkhas tathā hemavibhūṣitaḥ ||

毗舍波耶那说:“他们又备齐祭仪之具——取自沙弥树(śamī)、毕波罗树(pippala)与波罗沙树(palāśa)的祭柴;蜂蜜与酥油(ghṛta);以优昙婆罗木(udumbara)制成的祭勺;以及镶饰黄金的法螺(śaṅkha)。此皆为依于法(dharma),如仪完成灌顶与祭献之礼而聚集。”

शमीthe śamī tree
शमी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशमी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
पिप्पलthe pippala (sacred fig)
पिप्पल:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपिप्पल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पालाशmade of palāśa (Butea)
पालाश:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपालाश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
समित्fuel-stick (for sacrifice)
समित्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसमित्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
धःdown/below (as read; text uncertain)
धः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootधः
मधुhoney
मधु:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमधु
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सर्पिषीand ghee (the two: honey and ghee)
सर्पिषी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसर्पिस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Dual
खुवःa ladle/scoop (as read; text uncertain)
खुवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootखुव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
औदुम्बरःmade of udumbara wood
औदुम्बरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootऔदुम्बर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शङ्खःconch-shell
शङ्खः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशङ्ख
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तथाalso/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
हेमwith gold
हेम:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootहेम
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
विभूषितःadorned/decorated
विभूषितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-भूष्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
Ś
śamī
P
pippala
P
palāśa
S
samidh (fuel-sticks)
M
madhu (honey)
S
sarpis/ghṛta (ghee)
K
khuva (sacrificial ladle)
U
udumbara (wood/tree)
Ś
śaṅkha (conch)
H
hema (gold)

Educational Q&A

Dharma is upheld not only by intentions but also by proper preparation and orderly conduct. The careful gathering of prescribed ritual materials reflects reverence for sacred procedure, social responsibility, and the ethical ideal that public acts (like consecrations) should be performed correctly and transparently.

The narrator describes people assembling and bringing specific ritual items—sacred fuel-sticks, honey, ghee, a wooden offering-ladle, and a gold-adorned conch—indicating preparations for a formal rite such as a sacrifice or royal consecration performed according to tradition.