Shloka 2

मागधगिरिव्रजप्रवेशः — Entry into Girivraja and Jarāsandha’s Protocol Inquiry

Devanagari script

तस्यागमनसंदृष्ट: सामात्य: सपुर:सर: । सभार्य: सह पुत्रेण निर्जगाम बृहद्रथ:,उनके आगमनसे राजा बृहद्रथको बड़ी प्रसन्नता हुई। वे मन्त्री, अग्रगामी सेवक, रानी तथा पुत्रके साथ मुनिके पास गये

Transliteration

tasyāgamanasaṃdṛṣṭaḥ sāmātyaḥ sapuraḥsaraḥ | sabhāryaḥ saha putreṇa nirjagāma bṛhadrathaḥ ||

Translation

Seeing the sage’s arrival, King Bṛhadratha—delighted—went forth to meet him, accompanied by his ministers and attendants who went before him, and also by his queen and his son.

Word by Word

तस्यof him / his

आगमन-संदृष्टःhaving seen (their) arrival

स-अमात्यःwith ministers

स-पुरःसरःwith attendants going in front / with a vanguard

स-भार्यःwith (his) wife

सहtogether with

पुत्रेणwith (his) son

निर्जगामwent out / set forth

बृहद्रथःBṛhadratha (the king)

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bṛhadratha

ministers (amātya)

attendants/retinue (puraḥsara)

queen (bhāryā)

son (putra)

the arriving sage (muni, implied by context)

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 highlights dharmic etiquette: a ruler should honor the arrival of a sage by personally going out to receive him, showing reverence, humility, and proper conduct, thereby affirming the moral authority of spiritual wisdom over mere political power.

What is happening in the narrative?

A sage arrives; King Bṛhadratha, pleased at the sight of his coming, goes out to meet him with his ministers and leading attendants, accompanied by his queen and son—depicting a formal royal reception of a revered guest.