Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ततो5भिवाद्य तान्‌ वृद्धान्‌ द्विजानाश्रमवासिन: । तैश्नाभिपूजित: सर्व: प्रययौ नगरं प्रति,इसके बाद राजाने आश्रममें रहनेवाले उन वृद्ध ब्राह्यगोंका अभिवादन किया और उन सबसे समादृत हो वे अपनी राजधानीकी ओर चले

Transliteration

tato 'bhivādya tān vṛddhān dvijān āśramavāsinaḥ | taiś cābhipūjitaḥ sarvaḥ prayayau nagaraṃ prati ||

Translation

Daraufhin grüßte er ehrerbietig jene betagten Brāhmaṇen, die in der Einsiedelei wohnten; und nachdem sie ihn seinerseits gebührend geehrt hatten, brach er auf und zog seiner Stadt entgegen.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

अभिवाद्यhaving saluted/greeted

तान्those (them)

वृद्धान्elder, aged

द्विजान्twice-born (Brahmins)

आश्रमवासिनःresidents of the hermitage

तैःby them

अभिपूजितःhonored, duly received

सर्वःhe (entirely/fully), the whole (person)

प्रययौwent forth, departed

नगरम्to the city

प्रतिtowards

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya (speaker)

aged brāhmaṇas (vṛddhāḥ dvijāḥ)

āśrama (hermitage)

nagara (the city/capital)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler (or any person of status) should uphold dharma by showing humility and reverence to elders and ascetics; social power is legitimized through respectful conduct toward those devoted to spiritual discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

After greeting the elderly brāhmaṇas living in the hermitage and receiving their honoring hospitality, the person described (contextually, a king) departs from the āśrama and proceeds toward his capital city.