Shloka 29

Devanagari script

संजयस्तं तथा दृष्टवा प्रदक्षिणमथाकरोत्‌

Transliteration

sañjayas taṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā pradakṣiṇam athākarot

Translation

তেওঁক সেই অৱস্থাত দেখি সঞ্জয়ে শ্ৰদ্ধাৰে তেওঁৰ প্ৰদক্ষিণা কৰিলে—আধ্যাত্মিক আৰু নৈতিক অধিকাৰ স্বীকাৰ কৰি যথোচিত সন্মান-আচাৰ পালন কৰিলে।

Word by Word

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• प्रदक्षिणम्: circumambulation (to the right)
• प्रदक्षिणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अकरोत्: did/made/performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), Past, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic etiquette: when encountering a revered person—especially one established in austerity or seniority—one responds with humility and honor. Pradakṣiṇā symbolizes placing oneself in a respectful orbit around virtue and authority rather than asserting ego.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada narrates that Sañjaya, upon seeing the revered figure ‘as he was’ (tathā), performs pradakṣiṇā—circumambulation—as a formal act of respect, marking recognition of the person’s spiritual stature and the solemnity of the forest-āśrama setting.