Shloka 61
Adhyāya 45 — Duryodhana’s Distress, Śakuni’s Counsel, and the Summons for Dyūta
उपस्थितं रथं दृष्टवा ताक्ष्यप्रवरकेतनम् । प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य समारुह्मू महामना:
upasthitaṁ rathaṁ dṛṣṭvā tākṣyapravaraketanam | pradakṣiṇam upāvṛtya samāruhya mahāmanāḥ ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana dit : Voyant le char prêt, orné du plus éminent emblème de Tākṣya (Garuḍa), le magnanime le contourna d’abord vers la droite selon le rite de bon augure, puis y monta. Ainsi se mit-il en route, sous le sceau de la révérence et de l’ordre sacré.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in moments of departure and action, one should uphold dharmic decorum—honoring auspicious rites (like pradakṣiṇā) and approaching power and vehicles of action with reverence and self-restraint.
The narrator describes a chariot already prepared and marked by Garuḍa’s emblem; the noble figure circumambulates it in the auspicious rightward direction and then mounts it to depart.