Shloka 10

Sabhā-praveśa, Dāna, and the Courtly Convergence (सभा-प्रवेशः दानं च)

Devanagari script

असितो देवल: सत्य: सर्पिर्माली महाशिरा: । अर्वावसु: सुमित्रश्न मैत्रेय: शुनको बलि:

Transliteration

asito devalaḥ satyaḥ sarpirmālī mahāśirāḥ | arvāvasuḥ sumitraś ca maitreyaḥ śunako baliḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Anwesend waren die Weisen Asita, Devala, Satya, Sarpirmālī, Mahāśiras, Arvāvasu, Sumitra, Maitreya, Śunaka und Bali.“

Word by Word

असितःAsita (a sage)

देवलःDevala (a sage)

सत्यःSatya (a sage/person named Satya)

सर्पिर्मालीSarpirmālin (one having a garland of ghee; proper name)

महाशिराःMahāśiras (great-headed; proper name)

अर्वावसुःArvāvasu (a sage/person)

सुमित्रःSumitra (a sage/person)

श्नःunclear (textual/reading issue)

मैत्रेयःMaitreya (a sage)

शुनकःŚunaka (a sage)

बलिःBali (a sage/person named Bali)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Asita

Devala

Satya

Sarpirmālī

Mahāśiras

Arvāvasu

Sumitra

Maitreya

Śunaka

Bali

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?

By listing eminent sages in the assembly, the text highlights that major political and personal actions occur under the gaze of dharma-guardians; this frames the coming events as morally consequential and judged against established ethical and ritual standards.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana continues an enumeration of respected seers present in the royal court/assembly, establishing the setting’s solemnity and the presence of authoritative witnesses.