Shloka 22

शल्यपर्वणि प्रथमाध्यायः — Karṇa-vadha-anantaraṃ Śalya-niyogaḥ, Saṃjayasya Dhṛtarāṣṭra-nivedanam

Devanagari script

तथा चासीनमनघं समनन्‍्तात्‌ परिवारितम्‌

Transliteration

tathā cāsīnam anaghaṃ samantāt parivāritam

Translation

Et il vit cet homme sans tache assis, entouré de toutes parts — image d’une conduite irréprochable au milieu des serviteurs et des témoins, tandis que les devoirs funèbres de la guerre pesaient sur tous.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आसीनम्: seated
• आसीनम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular (past passive participle: 'seated')

• अनघम्: blameless, sinless
• अनघम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• समन्तात्: on all sides, all around
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात्

• परिवारितम्: surrounded, encircled
• परिवारितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + वृ (धातु)
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular (past passive participle: 'surrounded')

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ideal of being 'anagha'—morally unblemished—even when placed at the center of power, attention, and conflict. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, true worth is measured by inner integrity, not merely by one’s position or entourage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a scene in which a blameless figure is seated and surrounded on all sides by others—suggesting a courtly or martial assembly where an important person is attended and observed as events of the Śalya Parva begin to unfold.