Shloka 5

अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायः (Anukramaṇikā Adhyāya) — Invocation, Narrator Frame, and Textual Scope

Devanagari script

अथ तेषूपविष्टेषु सर्वेष्वेव तपस्विषु । निर्दिष्टमासनं भेजे विनयाललौमहर्षणि:

Transliteration

atha teṣūpaviṣṭeṣu sarveṣv eva tapasviṣu | nirdiṣṭam āsanaṃ bheje vinayāl lomaharṣaṇiḥ ||

Translation

Then, when all those ascetics had taken their seats, Lomaharṣaṇa—out of humility and proper decorum—took the seat that was assigned to him. The scene emphasizes disciplined conduct: even a learned narrator honors the assembly by accepting his place with modesty rather than self-assertion.

Word by Word

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• तेषु: among them / in them
• तेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, plural

• उपविष्टेषु: when (they were) seated
• उपविष्टेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपविष्ट
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तपस्विषु: among the ascetics
• तपस्विषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन्
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• निर्दिष्टम्: designated/assigned
• निर्दिष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्दिष्ट
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आसनम्: seat
• आसनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• भेजे: took/occupied/resorted to
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज्
• Form: perfect (लिट्), third, singular, parasmaipada

• विनयात्: out of humility / from modesty
• विनयात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनय
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• रोमहर्षणिः: Romaharshaṇa (Sūta)
• रोमहर्षणिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोमहर्षणि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Characters & Entities

• Lomaharṣaṇa
• tapasvins (ascetics)