Shloka 36

Devanagari script

सुवासस: स्रग्विणश्व॒ सत्कृता भरतर्षभ | अमर्ष च निराकृत्य वैराणि च परंतप,शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले भरतकुलभूषण! ये राजालोग उत्तम वस्त्र और सुन्दर हार पहनकर अमर्ष और वैरको मनसे निकालकर यहाँसे सत्कारपूर्वक विदा हों

Transliteration

suvāsasaḥ sragviṇaś ca satkṛtā bharatarṣabha | amarṣaṃ ca nirākṛtya vairāṇi ca parantapa ||

Translation

Waiśaṃpāyana berkata: “Wahai yang terbaik di antara keturunan Bharata, wahai penghangus musuh—biarlah para raja ini, berbusana indah dan berhias kalung bunga, dimuliakan lalu dipulangkan dari sini, setelah menyingkirkan amarah dan permusuhan dari benak mereka.”

Word by Word

सुवाससःwell-clad (wearing good garments)

स्रग्विणःgarlanded (wearing garlands)

चand

सत्कृताःhonoured, respectfully treated

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

अमर्षम्anger, intolerance

चand

निराकृत्यhaving cast off, having set aside

वैराणिenmities, hostilities

चand

परंतपO scorcher of foes

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Bharata lineage (addressed person as bharatarṣabha)

Kings (rājānaḥ, implied)

Garlands (sraj)

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?

Even in tense political situations, dharma requires honoring guests and restraining inner hostility; resentment (amarṣa) and enmity (vaira) should be consciously set aside to preserve the possibility of peace and moral clarity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana reports an instruction that the assembled kings should be respectfully honored—fine clothes and garlands signifying dignity—and then dismissed, with the expectation that they depart free from anger and feud, reflecting a formal diplomatic closure.