Shloka 8

Devanagari script

त॑ं धर्मराजो दृष्ट्वैव सत्कृत्यैव द्विजर्षभम्‌ | न्यमन्त्रयत धर्मेण क्रियतां किमिति ब्रुवन्‌,धर्मराजने विप्रवर गौतमको देखते ही उनका सत्कार किया और मैं आपकी क्‍या सेवा करूँ? ऐसा कहते हुए उन्हें धर्मचर्चा सुननेके लिये सम्मति प्रदान की

Transliteration

taṁ dharmarājo dṛṣṭvaiva satkṛtyaiva dvijarṣabham | nyamantrayad dharmeṇa kriyatāṁ kim iti bruvan ||

Translation

法王ヤマは、その最勝の二度生まれ（婆羅門）を見るや、ただちに礼を尽くしてもてなした。さらに法にかなって招き、「何をなすべきか。いかなる奉仕を致そうか」と告げた。

Word by Word

तम्him

धर्मराजःthe king of dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira)

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

एवindeed/just

सत्कृत्यhaving honored

एवindeed/just

द्विजर्षभम्the best of the twice-born (excellent brāhmaṇa)

न्य्down/into; (prefix) ni-

आमन्त्रयत्invited/addressed

धर्मेणwith propriety/righteously

क्रियताम्let it be done / please be done

किम्what

इतिthus/quoting

ब्रुवन्saying

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

भ

भीष्म (Bhīṣma)

ध

धर्मराज / युधिष्ठिर (Dharmarāja / Yudhiṣṭhira)

द

द्विजर्षभ (an eminent Brahmin; identified in the Hindi as गौतमक)

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?

A righteous king upholds dharma through immediate respect and proper hospitality toward a learned Brahmin, asking what service is needed and welcoming ethical discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira, upon seeing an eminent Brahmin (noted as Gautama in the Hindi gloss), honors him and formally invites him, asking what should be done for him and opening the way for discussion on dharma.