Shloka 28

Devanagari script

सर्वे वेदविदो मुख्या यतयो मुनयस्तथा । आसेदुस्ते यथान्यायं पुनर्दर्शनकाड्क्षया

Transliteration

sarve vedavido mukhyā yatayo munayas tathā | āsedus te yathānyāyaṃ punardarśanakāṅkṣayā ||

Translation

বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন— বেদের প্রধান প্রধান জ্ঞানী, যতি ও মুনিগণ পাণ্ডবদের পুনর্দর্শনের আকাঙ্ক্ষায় ধর্মানুসারে যথাক্রমে নিজ নিজ উপযুক্ত আসনে উপবিষ্ট হলেন।

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वेदविदः: knowers of the Veda
• वेदविदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मुख्याः: chief, foremost
• मुख्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यतयः: ascetics
• यतयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: also, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• आसेदुः: they approached / came near
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• न्यायम्: rule, propriety, due order
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्याय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुनर्दर्शनकाङ्क्षया: with the desire to see again
• पुनर्दर्शनकाङ्क्षया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुनर्दर्शनकाङ्क्षा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Veda-knowers (vedavidaḥ)
• Ascetics (yatayaḥ)
• Sages (munayaḥ)
• Pāṇḍavas (implied by context: desire to meet them again)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic order in communal life: even great sages and renunciants observe propriety (yathānyāyam), taking appropriate seats and honoring the norms of respectful assembly. Spiritual aspiration is paired with disciplined conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes eminent Veda-knowers—ascetics and sages—arriving and seating themselves properly, motivated by a desire to see the Pāṇḍavas again, setting the stage for a renewed encounter or discourse.