Shloka 29

Devanagari script

विश्राम्यतामित्युवाच क्लान्तोडसीति पुन: पुनः । स सत्कृतः प्रह्ृष्टात्मा प्रीतः प्रीतेन पार्थिव:,और कहा--“आप बहुत थक गये होंगे, अतः विश्राम कीजिये।” विदर्भनरेशके द्वारा प्रसन्नतापूर्वक आदर-सत्कार पाकर राजा ऋतुपर्णको बड़ी प्रसन्नता हुई

Transliteration

viśrāmyatām ity uvāca klānto 'si iti punaḥ punaḥ | sa satkṛtaḥ prahṛṣṭātmā prītaḥ prītena pārthivaḥ ||

Translation

Bṛhadaśva sagte: „Ruh dich aus“, immer wieder, „du bist ermattet.“ So wurde König Ṛtupārṇa vom erfreuten Herrscher von Vidarbha mit heiterer, ehrerbietiger Gastfreundschaft empfangen, und große Freude erfüllte sein Herz.

Word by Word

विश्राम्यताम्let (him/you) rest

इतिthus

उवाचsaid

क्लान्तःtired

उदासीindifferent / dejected

इतिthus

पुनःagain

सःhe

सत्कृतःhonoured / well-received

प्रहृष्टात्माone whose heart is delighted

प्रीतःpleased

प्रीतेनby/with (one who is) pleased; gladly

पार्थिवःthe king

Speaker

बृहदश्चव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bṛhadaśva

Ṛ

Ṛtupārṇa

Vidarbha (kingdom)

Vidarbha-nareśa (king of Vidarbha)

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?

The verse underscores dharmic conduct through considerate speech and hospitality: noticing another’s fatigue, urging rest, and honoring a guest respectfully—actions that cultivate goodwill and righteous kingship.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Vidarbha ruler repeatedly asks the weary visitor to rest and receives him with honor; as a result, King Ṛtupārṇa feels deeply pleased and welcomed.