Shloka 37

Gaṅgā-Tīrtha Darśana and the Prelude to the Yavakrīta–Indra Exemplum (लोमश-युधिष्ठिर संवादः)

Devanagari script

लोगश उवाच समुत्थितेष्वथ सर्वेषु राजन्‌ विप्रेषु तेष्वधिकं सुप्रभेषु । अनुज्ञातो जनकेनाथ राज्ञा विवेश तोयं सागरस्योत बन्दी,लोमशजी कहते हैं--राजन! बन्दीद्वारा जलमें डुबोये हुए वे सभी ब्राह्मण जब वहाँ अधिक तेजस्वी रूपसे प्रकट हो गये, तब राजाकी आज्ञा लेकर बन्दी स्वयं ही समुद्रके जलमें समा गया

Transliteration

lomaśa uvāca samutthiteṣv atha sarveṣu rājan vipreṣu teṣv adhikaṃ suprabheṣu | anujñāto janakenātha rājñā viveśa toyaṃ sāgarasyota bandī ||

Translation

Lomaśa said: “O King, when all those brāhmaṇas—who had been submerged—rose up again there, appearing with even greater radiance, then Bandī, having obtained permission from King Janaka, entered and disappeared into the waters of the ocean.”

Word by Word

{'lomaśa uvāca''Lomaśa said', 'samutthiteṣu': 'when they had risen up

having emerged', 'atha''then

thereafter', 'sarveṣu''all (of them)', 'rājan': 'O king (vocative)', 'vipreṣu': 'among the brāhmaṇas

brāhmaṇas', 'teṣu''those', 'adhikam': 'more

to a greater degree', 'suprabheṣu''very radiant

of excellent splendor', 'anujñātaḥ''having been permitted

with leave granted', 'janakena''by Janaka', 'atha rājñā': 'by the king (emphatic restatement)', 'viveśa': 'entered', 'toyam': 'water', 'sāgarasya': 'of the ocean/sea', 'uta': 'and

also', 'bandī''Bandī (proper name)'}

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomaśa

King (rājan)

Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

King Janaka

Bandī

Ocean/Sea (sāgara)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage underscores accountability and restoration: those wronged (the brāhmaṇas) are brought back and honored, and the agent of the act (Bandī) does not act independently but seeks the king’s permission—highlighting dharma as responsibility, proper authority, and the ethical weight of one’s deeds.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the brāhmaṇas who had been submerged in water rise up again, appearing even more radiant, Bandī—having received King Janaka’s consent—enters the ocean’s waters and vanishes into them.