ततस् ते तु यथाकालं कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥
दीक्षयां चक्रिरे विप्रा राजसूयाय भारत ॥
दीक्षितः स तु धर्मात्मा धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥
जगाम यज्ञायतनं वृतो विप्रैः सहस्रशः ॥
भ्रातृभिर् ज्ञातिभिश् चैव सुहृद्भिः सचिवैस् तथा ॥
क्षत्रियैश् च मनुष्येन्द्र नानादेशसमागतैः ॥
अमात्यैश् च नृपश्रेष्ठो धर्मो विग्रहवान् इव ॥
tatas te tu yathākālaṃ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram ||
dīkṣayāṃ cakrire viprā rājasūyāya bhārata ||
dīkṣitaḥ sa tu dharmātmā dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
jagāma yajñāyatanaṃ vṛto vipraiḥ sahasraśaḥ ||
bhrātṛbhir jñātibhiś caiva suhṛdbhiḥ sacivais tathā ||
kṣatriyaiś ca manuṣyendra nānādeśasamāgataiḥ ||
amātyaiś ca nṛpaśreṣṭho dharmo vigrahavān iva ||
Then, in due time, the brahmins consecrated Kunti's son Yudhishthira for the rajasuya, O Bharata. And he, consecrated, the righteous-souled Dharmaraja Yudhishthira, went to the sacrificial ground, surrounded by thousands of brahmins, by brothers, kinsmen, friends, counselors, and kshatriyas, O lord of men, gathered from various lands.
a11df0a295d2 · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 3:28:51 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Consecration (diksha) precedes the sacrifice: before the deed, the doer himself is consecrated. It is telling that even the king, lord of the earth, must first be "consecrated" by the hands of brahmins — no one enters upon the sacred task unconsecrated. The verse teaches that one approaches the highest labor not as one is, but transformed: diksha is a setting apart from the ordinary, an entry into the order of the sacred. Whoever undertakes the Lord's work must first be purified and consecrated himself; without consecrating oneself, one cannot consecrate the deed. The holiness of the one who acts is the threshold to the holiness of the act performed.