Shloka 61
Adhyāya 45 — Duryodhana’s Distress, Śakuni’s Counsel, and the Summons for Dyūta
उपस्थितं रथं दृष्टवा ताक्ष्यप्रवरकेतनम् । प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य समारुह्मू महामना:
upasthitaṁ rathaṁ dṛṣṭvā tākṣyapravaraketanam | pradakṣiṇam upāvṛtya samāruhya mahāmanāḥ ||
তাক্ষ্য (গৰুড়)ৰ শ্ৰেষ্ঠ ধ্বজচিহ্নে শোভিত সাজু ৰথখন দেখি মহামনা শ্ৰীকৃষ্ণে প্ৰথমে দক্ষিণাৱর্তে প্ৰদক্ষিণা কৰিলে, তাৰ পাছত তাত আৰোহণ কৰিলে।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in moments of departure and action, one should uphold dharmic decorum—honoring auspicious rites (like pradakṣiṇā) and approaching power and vehicles of action with reverence and self-restraint.
The narrator describes a chariot already prepared and marked by Garuḍa’s emblem; the noble figure circumambulates it in the auspicious rightward direction and then mounts it to depart.