Shloka 35

Devanagari script

शिवेनेमे भूमिपाला: समागम्य परस्परम्‌ | सह भुक्‍त्वा च पीत्वा च प्रतियान्तु यथागृहम्‌,आप ऐसा प्रयत्न कीजिये, जिससे ये भूपाल परस्पर मिलकर तथा एक साथ खा- पीकर कुशलपूर्वक अपने-अपने घरको वापस लौटें

Transliteration

śiveneme bhūmipālāḥ samāgamya parasparam | saha bhuktvā ca pītvā ca pratiyāntu yathāgṛham ||

Translation

আপুনি এনেকুৱা ব্যৱস্থা কৰক যাতে এই ভূ-পালসকল পৰস্পৰ মৈত্ৰী আৰু মঙ্গলভাৱে মিলিত হয়; আৰু একেলগে আহাৰ-পান কৰি, কুশলে নিজ নিজ গৃহলৈ উভতি যায়।

Word by Word

शिवेनwith auspiciousness / safely

इमेthese

भूमिपालाःkings (protectors of the earth)

समागम्यhaving come together / having met

परस्परम्mutually / with one another

सहtogether

भुक्त्वाhaving eaten

चand

पीत्वाhaving drunk

चand

प्रतियान्तुlet them return / may they go back

यथाas / according to

गृहम्home

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

bhūmipālāḥ (kings/rulers)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even among rival rulers, dharma favors auspicious reconciliation: meet without hostility, share food and drink as a sign of restored trust, and ensure everyone returns home safely—hospitality and mutual respect are presented as antidotes to escalation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśaṃpāyana expresses the desired outcome of a royal assembly: the gathered kings should confer amicably, partake together, and then disperse to their own realms without harm—framing the situation as one that ought to end in peace rather than conflict.