Shloka 10

Vidurovācā: Śreyas, Mantra, and Conciliation toward the Pāṇḍavas (विदुरोवाच—श्रेयः-मन्त्र-समाधानम्)

Devanagari script

पुरोहितेनाग्निसमानवर्चसा सहैव धौम्येन यथाविधि प्रभो । क्रमेण सर्वे विविशुस्ततः सदो महर्षभा गोष्ठमिवाभिनन्दिन:,तब अग्निके समान तेजस्वी अपने पुरोहित धौम्यजीके साथ विधिपूर्वक बड़े-छोटेके क्रमसे वे सभी प्रसन्नतापूर्वक विवाहमण्डपमें गये--ठीक उसी तरह, जैसे बड़े-बड़े साँड गोशालामें प्रवेश करें

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

purohitena agnisamānavarcasā sahaiva dhaumyena yathāvidhi prabho |

krameṇa sarve viviśus tataḥ sado maharṣabhā goṣṭham ivābhinandinaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Ô seigneur, accompagnés de leur prêtre Dhāumya—dont l’éclat était pareil au feu—ils entrèrent tous dans la salle des cérémonies, selon l’ordre prescrit et conformément au rite, dans la joie, tels de puissants taureaux gagnant l’étable. La scène souligne qu’au cœur même de la fête demeurent la discipline rituelle et le respect de la hiérarchie.

Word by Word

• {'purohitena': 'with the family priest

• officiating priest', 'agnisamāna-varcasā': 'having radiance like fire

• blazing in splendor', 'dhaumyena': 'with Dhāumya (proper name), the priest of the Pāṇḍavas', 'yathāvidhi': 'according to rule

• as prescribed by ritual injunction', 'prabho': 'O lord

• term of address to the listener/king', 'krameṇa': 'in sequence

• in proper order (seniority/precedence)', 'sarve': 'all (of them)', 'viviśuḥ': 'entered (perfect/aorist plural of viś)', 'tataḥ': 'then

• thereafter', 'sadaḥ': 'assembly hall

• ceremonial pavilion (wedding hall here)', 'maharṣabhāḥ': 'great bulls

• metaphor for powerful men', 'goṣṭham': 'cowshed

• cattle-pen', 'iva': 'like

• as if', 'abhinandinaḥ': 'rejoicing

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhāumya
• purohita (priest)
• sadaḥ (ceremonial hall/wedding pavilion)
• agni (fire, as simile)
• goṣṭha (cowshed, as simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma expressed as orderly conduct and fidelity to prescribed rites (yathāvidhi, krameṇa). Even in celebration, proper procedure and respect for hierarchy are maintained, suggesting that joy is best grounded in disciplined, ethical order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Under the guidance of the priest Dhāumya, the group proceeds in proper sequence into the ceremonial hall (wedding pavilion). Their confident, delighted entry is compared to strong bulls entering a cowshed, emphasizing vigor, unity, and festive momentum.