Shloka 11
स ता: सभा: समासाद्य पूज्यमानो यथामर: । दुर्योधनस्य सचिवैददेशे देशो समन्ततः,सब ओर विभिन्न स्थानोंमें बने हुए उन सभाभवनोंमें पहुँचकर राजा शल्य दुर्योधनके मन्त्रियोंद्वारा देवताओं-की भाँति पूजित होते थे
sa tāḥ sabhāḥ samāsādya pūjyamāno yathāmaraḥ | duryodhanasya sacivair dadeśe deśaḥ samantataḥ ||
Setibanya di balairung-balaurung itu, Raja Śalya dihormati laksana dewa. Melalui para menteri Duryodhana, tempat dan penginapan ditetapkan baginya ke segala arah.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how honour and hospitality function as instruments of statecraft: public reverence and careful accommodation can bind powerful guests into political obligation, raising ethical questions about loyalty formed through ceremony rather than dharmic discernment.
Śalya arrives at various assembly-halls and is received with divine-like honours; Duryodhana’s ministers arrange places and quarters for him all around, signalling a strategic welcome meant to secure Śalya’s support.