Shloka 2

Devanagari script

त॑ भार्याप्युपचक्राम पादशौचादिभिर्गुणै: । उपपन्नां च तां साध्वीं पन्नग: पर्यपृच्छत,वहाँ नागराजकी पत्नी पैर धोनेके लिये जल--पाद्य आदि उत्तम सामग्रियोंके साथ पतिकी सेवामें उपस्थित हुई। अपनी साध्वी पत्नीको समीप आयी देख नागराजने पूछा --[

Transliteration

tāṁ bhāryāpy upacakrāma pādaśaucādibhir guṇaiḥ | upapannāṁ ca tāṁ sādhvīṁ pannagaḥ paryapṛcchat |

Translation

قال بيشما: تقدّمت زوجةُ ملك الناغا إليه، حاملةً أطيب ما يُستعان به في الخدمة، كالماء لغسل القدمين (pādya) وسائر اللوازم. فلما رأى سيدُ الحيّات زوجتَه الصالحة قد دنت، سألها—وهكذا يستمر السردُ في بيان واجب البيت وخدمة الاحترام ضمن الدَّرما.

Word by Word

तत्that (act/thing)

भार्याwife

अपिalso

उपचक्रामapproached

पादशौचादिभिःwith foot-washing etc. (articles/means)

गुणैःwith good qualities/excellences

उपपन्नाम्endowed (with), possessed of

चand

ताम्her

साध्वीम्virtuous, chaste

पन्नगःthe serpent (king)

पर्यपृच्छत्asked, inquired

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Nāgarāja (serpent king)

Nāgarāja's wife

pādya (water for washing feet)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds gṛhastha-dharma: respectful service, purity, and virtuous conduct within the household, shown through the wife’s attentive offering of pādya and related requisites.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Nāga king’s wife comes to attend upon her husband with water and other items for washing his feet; seeing her approach, the Nāga king begins to question her, moving the story forward.