Shloka 12

Devanagari script

मुहूर्तोदित आदित्ये सर्वे बालपुरस्कृता: । सदारास्तापसान द्रष्टं निर्ययु: पुरवासिन:,दो घड़ी दिन चढ़ते-चढ़ते समस्त पुरवासी स्त्रियों और बालकोंको साथ लिये तपस्वी मुनियोंका दर्शन करनेके लिये नगरसे बाहर निकल आये

Transliteration

muhūrtodite āditye sarve bālapuraskṛtāḥ | sadārās tāpasān draṣṭuṃ niryayuḥ puravāsinaḥ ||

Translation

When the sun had risen for a short while, all the townspeople—bringing their children to the fore and accompanied by their wives—went out of the city to behold the ascetic sages.

Word by Word

मुहूर्तेat the (auspicious) moment

उदितेrisen

आदित्येwhen the sun

सर्वेall

बालchildren

पुरस्कृताःhaving placed in front / led by

सtogether with

दारैःwith (their) wives

तपसान्ascetics

द्रष्टुम्to see

निर्ययुःwent out

पुरवासिनःtownspeople / inhabitants of the city

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Āditya (the Sun)

puravāsinaḥ (townspeople)

tāpasāḥ (ascetic sages)

pura (the city)

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 community grounded in dharma shows respect to those who live by austerity and wisdom; seeking the sight and counsel of sages is portrayed as an auspicious, ethically elevating act for householders and society.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the sun has risen a little, the residents of the city—women and children included—leave the city together to go and see the ascetic sages, indicating a public, collective act of reverence and welcome.