Shloka 25

आदि पर्व — अध्याय १०६

Pāṇḍu’s Gifts, Forest Residence, and Vidura’s Marriage

Devanagari script

सा तमृषिमनुप्राप्तं प्रत्युद्‌गम्पाभिवाद्य च । संविवेशाभ्यनुज्ञाता सत्कृत्योपचचार ह,महर्षिके आनेपर उस दासीने आगे बढ़कर उनका स्वागत किया और उन्हें प्रणाम करके उनकी आज्ञा मिलनेपर वह शय्यापर बैठी और सत्कारपूर्वक उनकी सेवा-पूजा करने लगी

Transliteration

sā tam ṛṣim anuprāptaṃ pratyudgamya abhivādya ca | saṃviveśābhyanujñātā satkṛtyopacacāra ha ||

Translation

Als der Weise eintraf, ging sie ihm entgegen, begrüßte ihn und verneigte sich ehrfürchtig; erst mit seiner Erlaubnis setzte sie sich auf das Lager. Dann erwies sie ihm die gebührende Ehre und begann, ihn mit Dienst und Verehrung zu bedienen.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ऋषिम्: sage
• ऋषिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अनुप्राप्तम्: having arrived / who had come
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु-√प्राप् (धातु) → अनुप्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रति: towards / in return
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• उद्गम्य: having gone forth / having come forward
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्-√गम् (धातु) → उद्गम्य (क्त्वान्त अव्यय)

• अभिवाद्य: having saluted / having greeted
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि-√वद् (धातु) → अभिवाद्य (क्त्वान्त अव्यय)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• संविवेश: sat down / entered (to sit)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, एकवचन

• अभ्यनुज्ञाता: having been permitted / with permission granted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-अनु-√ज्ञा (धातु) → अभ्यनुज्ञात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सत्कृत्य: having honored / having received respectfully
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्-√कृ (धातु) → सत्कृत्य (क्त्वान्त अव्यय)

• उपचचार: served / attended upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√चर् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, एकवचन

• ह: indeed / (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• ṛṣi (a sage/mahārṣi)
• sā (a woman/servant-maid in context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights atithi-dharma: one should welcome a venerable guest by going forward to receive him, offering respectful salutation, acting with restraint (sitting only when permitted), and serving with honor—an ethic of humility and proper social-religious conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

A woman (described in the surrounding context as a dāsī/attendant) receives an arriving sage: she goes out to greet him, bows, sits only after his permission, and then attends upon him respectfully with service and worship.