Shloka 32

Devanagari script

मार्कण्डेय उवाच बाढमित्येव तं व्याध: कृताञज्जलिरुवाच ह । प्रदक्षिणमथो कृत्वा प्रस्थितो द्विजसत्तम:,मार्कण्डेयजी कहते हैं--युधिष्ठिर! कौशिक ब्राह्मणकी बात सुनकर धर्मव्याधने हाथ जोड़कर कहा--“बहुत अच्छा! अब आप अपने घरको पधारें।” तदनन्तर विप्रवर कौशिक धर्मव्याधकी परिक्रमा करके वहाँसे चल दिया

Transliteration

Mārkaṇḍeya uvāca— bāḍham ity eva taṃ vyādhaḥ kṛtāñjalir uvāca ha | pradakṣiṇam atho kṛtvā prasthito dvijasattamaḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: The hunter, with hands joined in reverence, replied to him, “So be it—certainly.” Then the best of brāhmaṇas, having circumambulated him in respect, set out from that place.

Word by Word

• {'bāḍham': 'certainly

• very well', 'iti eva': 'thus indeed

• just so', 'vyādhaḥ': 'hunter (here: the dharma-vyādha, a righteous hunter)', 'kṛtāñjaliḥ': 'with joined palms

• in a gesture of respectful salutation', 'uvāca ha': 'said (emphatic narrative particle)', 'pradakṣiṇam kṛtvā': 'having circumambulated (clockwise) as a mark of reverence', 'prasthitaḥ': 'departed

• set out', 'dvija-sattamaḥ': 'best among the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)'}

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Dharma-vyādha (the righteous hunter)
• Kauśika (brāhmaṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is validated by inner discipline, humility, and right action; even one socially labeled “low” (a hunter) may embody higher righteousness, worthy of reverence from a brāhmaṇa.

What is happening in the narrative?

After hearing Kauśika’s words, the dharma-vyādha respectfully agrees with folded hands; Kauśika then honors him by circumambulation and departs.