Shloka 9

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

Devanagari script

सभायामृषयस्तस्यां पाण्डवै: सह आसते । आसांचक्रुनरिन्द्राश्न नानादेशसमागता:,उस सभामें ऋषि तथा विभिन्न देशोंसे आये हुए नरेश पाण्डवोंके साथ बैठा करते थे

Transliteration

sabhāyām ṛṣayas tasyāṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha āsate | āsāṃ cakrur narendrāś ca nānādeśa-samāgatāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: In jener königlichen Versammlungshalle saßen die ṛṣi zusammen mit den Pāṇḍavas; und auch die Könige—aus vielen Ländern herbeigekommen—nahmen dort ihre Sitze ein.

Word by Word

सभायाम्in the assembly

ऋषयःsages

तस्याम्in that (assembly)

पाण्डवैःwith the Pandavas

सहtogether with

आसतेsit / were seated

आसाम्of those (women/things); of them (f.)

चक्रुःdid / made

नरिन्द्राःkings (lords of men)

चand

नानाvarious

देशcountry/region

समागताःassembled / arrived

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

sabhā (assembly-hall)

Ṛ

ṛṣis (sages)

Pāṇḍavas

narendras (kings from various lands)

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?

A righteous court harmonizes spiritual and political authority: sages are honored alongside kings, and a ruler’s legitimacy is reflected in the orderly gathering of respected guests from many regions.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes the Pāṇḍavas’ assembly where sages and numerous visiting kings from different lands are seated together, indicating a grand, widely attended royal gathering.