बाह्लीको रथम् आहार्षीज् जाम्बूनदपरिष्कृतम् ॥
सुदक्षिणस् तं युयुजे श्वेतैः काम्बोजजैर् हयैः ॥
सुनीथो ऽप्रतिमं तस्य अनुकर्षं महायशाः ॥
ध्वजं चेदिपतिः क्षिप्रम् अहार्षीत् स्वयम् उद्यतम् ॥
दाक्षिणात्यः संनहनं स्रगुष्णीषे च मागधः ॥
वसुदानो महेष्वासो गजेन्द्रं षष्टिहायनम् ॥
मत्स्यस् त्व् अक्षान् अवाबध्नाद् एकलव्य उपानहौ ॥
आवन्त्यस् त्व् अभिषेकार्थम् आपो बहुविधास् तथा ॥
चेकितान उपासङ्गं धनुः काश्य उपाहरत् ॥
असिं रुक्मत्सरुं शल्यः शैक्यं काञ्चनभूषणम् ॥
bāhlīko ratham āhārṣīj jāmbūnadapariṣkṛtam ||
sudakṣiṇas taṃ yuyuje śvetaiḥ kāmbojajair hayaiḥ ||
sunītho 'pratimaṃ tasya anukarṣaṃ mahāyaśāḥ ||
dhvajaṃ cedipatiḥ kṣipram ahārṣīt svayam udyatam ||
dākṣiṇātyaḥ saṃnahanaṃ sraguṣṇīṣe ca māgadhaḥ ||
vasudāno maheṣvāso gajendraṃ ṣaṣṭihāyanam ||
matsyas tv akṣān avābadhnād ekalavya upānahau ||
āvantyas tv abhiṣekārtham āpo bahuvidhās tathā ||
cekitāna upāsaṅgaṃ dhanuḥ kāśya upāharat ||
asiṃ rukmatsaruṃ śalyaḥ śaikyaṃ kāñcanabhūṣaṇam ||
"Bāhlīka brought a chariot adorned with gold; Sudakṣiṇa yoked it with white horses born in Kamboja. The most glorious Sunītha [Śiśupāla] brought its incomparable shaft-pole, and the lord of Cedi swiftly lifted and brought the banner himself. The southerner brought the armor, the man of Magadha the garland and turban; Vasudāna, the great archer, brought a lead elephant of sixty years. Matsya tied on the dice, Ekalavya brought the sandals, Āvantya the waters of many kinds for the anointing. Cekitāna offered the quiver, the man of Kāśī the bow, and Śalya the sword with a golden hilt on a baldric, adorned with gold."
0e1a4df914ca · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 3:49:22 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Each king brings his own part to the single rite — one a chariot, another a banner, another water. This division of service is telling: a great celebration is composed of the small contributions of many, and everyone brings what he can. The verse teaches that in a shared sacred act no contribution is trivial — the one who offers an elephant and the one who offers sandals are equally participants in the sacrifice. Dharma joins scattered hands into a single service, assigning each his own place. And where all now honor the anointing together, before long many of them will meet as enemies; remembering this, the reader values all the more these rare hours of concord, while those who will become foes still serve one lord.