Shloka 3

Śalya-parva Adhyāya 34: Balarāma’s Withdrawal, Sarasvatī Pilgrimage Logistics, and Prabhāsa as Soma’s Renewal Tīrtha

Devanagari script

त॑ दृष्टवा परमप्रीता: पाण्डवा: सहकेशवा: । उपगम्योपसंगृहा विधिवत्‌ प्रत्यपूजयन्‌,उन्हें देखकर श्रीकृष्णसहित पाण्डव बड़े प्रसन्न हुए। उन्होंने निकट जाकर उनका चरणस्पर्श किया और विधिपूर्वक उनकी पूजा की

Transliteration

taṁ dṛṣṭvā paramaprītāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ sahakeśavāḥ | upagamya upasaṅgṛhya vidhivat pratyapūjayan |

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Als sie ihn erblickten, wurden die Pāṇḍavas—zusammen mit Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)—von großer Freude erfüllt. Sie traten heran, empfingen ihn ehrerbietig, berührten seine Füße und erwiesen ihm nach rechter Zeremonie die gebührende Verehrung.“

Word by Word

तत्that (person/one)

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

परमप्रीताःvery delighted

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

सहtogether with

केशवाःKeshavas (Krishna and/or those with Keshava)

उपगम्यhaving approached

उपसंगृह्यhaving respectfully received/embraced (lit. gathered near)

विधिवत्according to rule/ritually

प्रत्यपूजयन्they honored/worshipped (in return/respectfully)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍavas

Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

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 in a battlefield setting, dharma expresses itself through disciplined respect—approaching elders or honored persons properly, offering traditional courtesies, and maintaining moral order (maryādā) through correct conduct (vidhi).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the Pāṇḍavas, accompanied by Kṛṣṇa, see an important person arrive; they become very pleased, go forward to meet him, touch his feet, and honor him with formal, rule-based hospitality.