Shloka 21

गदायुद्ध-समारम्भः

Commencement of the Mace-Duel Proceedings

Devanagari script

त॑ देशमगमद्‌ यत्र श्रीमान्‌ रामो व्यवस्थित: । प्रत्युत्थाय च त॑ सम्पक्‌ पूजयित्वा यतव्रतम्‌

Transliteration

taṁ deśam agamad yatra śrīmān rāmo vyavasthitaḥ | pratyutthāya ca taṁ samyak pūjayitvā yatavrataṁ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Il se rendit à l’endroit où se tenait l’illustre Rāma. Rāma se leva pour l’accueillir et honora comme il se doit cet homme de maîtrise et de discipline — manifestant le respect dû à la vertu et à la retenue, même sous la pression de la guerre.

Word by Word

तत्that

देशम्place, region

अगमत्went

यत्रwhere

श्रीमान्illustrious, glorious

रामःRama

व्यवस्थितःstanding, stationed, present

प्रत्युत्थायhaving risen up (to greet)

चand

तत्him

सम्पक्properly, duly

पूजयित्वाhaving honored, having worshipped

यतव्रतम्one of restrained vows; self-controlled

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Rāma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Proper conduct (dharma) is shown through respectful greeting and honoring the virtuous—especially those marked by self-restraint (yatavrata). Social and ethical order is maintained by recognizing merit and discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

A person goes to the location where Rāma is positioned, rises to greet him, and offers due honor, indicating formal reception and reverence toward a disciplined figure.