Shloka 15

कुरुसभायां केशवागमन-सत्कारविधानम् / Preparations to Honor Keśava at the Kuru Court

Devanagari script

स शालिभवन रम्यं सर्वसस्यसमाचितम्‌ | सुखं परमधर्मिष्ठम भ्यगाद्‌ भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

sa śālibhavana ramyaṃ sarvasasyasamācitam | sukhaṃ paramadharmiṣṭham abhyagād bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「バーラタ族の雄牛よ、彼は安らかに道を進み、実りきった稲田の麗しい広がりを眺めた。そこにはあらゆる穀物が豊かに満ちており、その富はダルマの務めを果たし、ダルマを支えるに最もふさわしいものと見なされた。」

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शालिभवनम्: a rice-field / paddy-land
• शालिभवनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शालिभवन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रम्यम्: beautiful, charming
• रम्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वसस्यसमाचितम्: filled with all kinds of crops
• सर्वसस्यसमाचितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वसस्यसमाचित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सुखम्: comfort, ease
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परमधर्मिष्ठम्: most righteous / supremely devoted to dharma
• परमधर्मिष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमधर्मिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यगात्: went to, approached, proceeded
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bharatarṣabha (addressed listener)
• śālibhavana (rice-fields/paddy tract)
• sasya (crops/grain)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links material abundance—especially well-tended crops—to the support of dharma: prosperity is portrayed as ethically meaningful when it sustains righteous duties, social welfare, and orderly life.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a character continuing his journey pleasantly while observing beautiful, harvest-ready rice-fields and plentiful crops, emphasizing the landscape’s prosperity and its suitability for dharmic purposes.