Shloka 13

Devanagari script

वहन्तु त्वां महाभागा ऋषय: संगता विभो । सर्वे शिबिकया राजन्नेतद्धि मम रोचते

Transliteration

vahantu tvāṃ mahābhāgā ṛṣayaḥ saṅgatā vibho | sarve śibikayā rājann etad dhi mama rocate ||

Translation

シャリヤは言った。「幸いある偉大なる方よ、集いし大聖仙たちにあなたを担がせよ。王よ、輿（こし／パランキン）にて——それこそが私の望みだ。」

Word by Word

• वहन्तु: let (them) carry
• वहन्तु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive sense), परस्मैपद, 3, plural

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: any, accusative, singular

• महाभागाः: highly fortunate / illustrious
• महाभागाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• संगताः: assembled / gathered
• संगताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संगत
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), masculine, nominative, plural

• विभो: O mighty one / O lord
• विभो: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• शिबिकया: by/with a palanquin
• शिबिकया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिबिका
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• हि: indeed / for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: any, genitive, singular

• रोचते: pleases / is agreeable
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच्
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, 3, singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• ṛṣis (sages)
• śibikā (palanquin)
• rājan (king, addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the politics of honor: public acts of deference (such as being carried in a palanquin by revered persons) are used to confer legitimacy and elevate status. It also shows how counsel can be framed as personal preference while shaping royal conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya addresses a king or eminent person and proposes a ceremonial arrangement: the gathered sages should carry him, and specifically in a palanquin. Śalya presents this as his desired or approved mode of conveyance, emphasizing a display of respect and grandeur.