Shloka 15
कुरुसभायां केशवागमन-सत्कारविधानम् / Preparations to Honor Keśava at the Kuru Court
स शालिभवन रम्यं सर्वसस्यसमाचितम् | सुखं परमधर्मिष्ठम भ्यगाद् भरतर्षभ
sa śālibhavana ramyaṃ sarvasasyasamācitam | sukhaṃ paramadharmiṣṭham abhyagād bharatarṣabha ||
Vaiśampāyana said: O bull among the Bharatas, he proceeded on his way with ease, beholding a delightful expanse of ripened rice-fields, richly filled with every kind of grain—an abundance regarded as most fitting for righteous duties and the sustaining of dharma.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links material abundance—especially well-tended crops—to the support of dharma: prosperity is portrayed as ethically meaningful when it sustains righteous duties, social welfare, and orderly life.
The narrator describes a character continuing his journey pleasantly while observing beautiful, harvest-ready rice-fields and plentiful crops, emphasizing the landscape’s prosperity and its suitability for dharmic purposes.