Shanti Parva Adhyaya 38 Shloka 16 - Mahabharata | Japanese | Vedapath

Vyasa

Shloka 16

शान्ति पर्व (अध्याय 38): युधिष्ठिरस्य राजधर्म-जिज्ञासा तथा भीष्मोपसर्पण-प्रस्तावना | Shanti Parva Chapter 38: Yudhishthira’s Inquiry into Rajadharma and the Prelude to Approaching Bhishma

Devanagari script

स संवृतस्तदा विप्रैराशीर्वादविवक्षुभि: । शुशुभे विमलश्नन्द्रस्तारागणवृतो यथा

Transliteration

sa saṁvṛtas tadā viprair āśīrvāda-vivakṣubhiḥ | śuśubhe vimalaś candras tārā-gaṇa-vṛto yathā ||

Translation

そのとき、祝福を授けようとする婆羅門たちに囲まれて、王はひときわ輝いた。まるで群星に取り巻かれた、曇りなき月のように。

Word by Word

सःhe (that one)

संवृतःsurrounded, encompassed

तदाthen, at that time

विप्रैःby/with brahmins

आशीर्वाद-विवक्षुभिःby those wishing to give blessings

शुशुभेshone, appeared splendid

विमलःpure, spotless

चन्द्रःthe moon

तारा-गण-वृतःsurrounded by a multitude of stars

यथाas, just as

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

moon (candra)

stars (tārā-gaṇa)

Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by context)

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?

Righteous kingship is strengthened by the goodwill and blessings of the learned and virtuous; moral authority and social harmony are portrayed as arising when rulers are aligned with dharma and honored by brāhmaṇas.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the king (contextually Yudhiṣṭhira) being surrounded by brāhmaṇas eager to pronounce blessings, and compares his radiance in that assembly to the pure moon encircled by stars.