Shloka 56
नलस्य पुष्करजयो द्यूते
Nala’s Victory over Puṣkara in the Dice-Game
जनस्य सम्प्रहृष्टस्य नलं दृष्टवा तथा55गतम् । राजा नलने उस पूजाको विधिपूर्वक स्वीकार करके अपनी ओरसे भी श्वशुरका सेवा- सत्कार किया। तदनन्तर विदर्भनगरमें राजा नलको इस प्रकार आया देख हर्षोल्लासमें भरी हुई जनताका महान् आनन्दजनित कोलाहल होने लगा
janasya samprahṛṣṭasya nalaṃ dṛṣṭvā tathāgatam |
人々は歓喜に満ちて、そのように到来したナラ王を見たとき、ヴィダルバの都には喜びから生じた大きなどよめきが起こった。ナラは授けられた栄誉を作法どおりに受け、ついで自らも岳父に対し、しかるべき奉仕と恭しいもてなしを尽くした——王者のふるまいにおけるダルマ、すなわち相互の敬意と親族の務めを示したのである。
बृहृदश्च उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights dharma expressed as reciprocal honor: when one receives proper respect, one should respond with service and hospitality—especially within family relations such as toward a father-in-law—thereby sustaining social and royal propriety.
Nala arrives at Vidarbha; the citizens rejoice loudly on seeing him. He accepts the ceremonial reception and then himself honors and serves his father-in-law with due respect, reflecting the etiquette expected of a righteous king.