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Vyasa

Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ततः प्रभातसमये सो$तिथिस्तेन पूजित: । ब्राह्मणेन यथाशकक्‍त्या स्वकार्यमभिकाड्क्षता,फिर सबेरा होनेपर अपने कार्यकी सिद्धि चाहने-वाले उस ब्राह्मणद्वारा यथाशक्ति सम्मानित हो वह अतिथि चला गया

Transliteration

tataḥ prabhātasamaye so ’tithis tena pūjitaḥ | brāhmaṇena yathāśaktyā svakāryam abhikāṅkṣatā ||

Translation

やがて夜が明けると、その客人は——バラモンに力の及ぶかぎりの敬礼を受けて——旅立っていった。バラモンはまた、自らの目的を成し遂げようと心を定め、その務めの成就を求めて進んだ。

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

प्रभातसमयेat dawn-time

सःhe

अतिथिःthe guest

तेनby him

पूजितःhonored, worshipped

ब्राह्मणेनby the Brahmin

यथाas, according to

शकत्याwith (his) ability, as far as possible

स्वकार्यम्his own task/purpose

अभिकाङ्क्षताdesiring, wishing for

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

atithi (guest)

brāhmaṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should honor a guest according to one’s means (yathāśaktyā), even while pursuing personal objectives; dharma is upheld through respectful hospitality and proper conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

At dawn, the guest who has been duly honored departs; the brāhmaṇa, focused on achieving his intended purpose, continues toward the completion of his own task after fulfilling the duty of receiving the guest.