Shloka 19
Indrajit’s Binding, Restoration by Viśalyā, and Counsel Restraining Rāvaṇa (Āraṇyaka Parva 273)
स मुक्तो5भ्येत्य राजानमभिवाद्य युधिष्ठिरम् । ववन्दे विह्नलो राजंस्तांश्व॒ दृष्टवा मुनींस्तदा,राजन! तब जयद्रथ बन्धनसे मुक्त कर दिया गया। उसने विह्लल होकर राजा युधिष्ठिरके पास जा उन्हें प्रणाम करनेके पश्चात् वहाँ बैठे हुए अन्यान्य मुनियोंको भी देखकर उनके चरणोंमें मस्तक झुकाया
sa mukto ’bhyetya rājānam abhivādya yudhiṣṭhiram | vavande vihvalo rājan tāṁś ca dṛṣṭvā munīṁs tadā ||
Released from captivity, he approached King Yudhiṣṭhira and paid him respectful homage. Then, O King, still shaken and humbled, on seeing the sages seated there, he bowed down to them as well.
भीमसेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a powerful person, once chastened by consequences, is expected to return to dharmic conduct—showing proper respect to rightful authority (the king) and to spiritual elders (the sages). Reverence and self-restraint are presented as ethical correctives to arrogance.
After being freed from bondage, the person described approaches Yudhiṣṭhira, offers formal salutations, and then—still visibly shaken—bows to the assembled sages. The verse highlights the immediate social and moral protocol of seeking pardon and acknowledging higher authority.