Mahabharata 9.55.4 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 55, Shloka 4

Vāg-yuddha and Nimitta-darśana before the Gadāyuddha

Verbal Duel and Omens

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा लाडूलिन राजा प्रत्युत्थाय च भारत । प्रीत्या परमया युक्त: समभ्यर्च्य यथाविधि

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā lāḍūlin rājā pratyutthāya ca bhārata | prītyā paramayā yuktaḥ samabhyarcya yathāvidhi

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພາຣະຕະ, ເມື່ອເຫັນພຣະຣາຊາ ລາດູລິນ, ເຂົາກໍລຸກຂຶ້ນຕ້ອນຮັບ; ດ້ວຍຄວາມເມດຕາອັນສູງສຸດ ເຂົາໄດ້ຖວາຍການນັບຖືບູຊາຕາມພິທີອັນຄວນ»។ ພາບນີ້ຊີ້ວ່າ ແມ່ນແຕ່ທ່າມກາງຄວາມໂຫດຮ້າຍຂອງສົງຄາມ ກົດແຫ່ງການຕ້ອນຮັບດ້ວຍຄວາມເຄົາລົບ ແລະຄວາມປະພຶດຖືກທໍານອງ ຍັງຖືກຮັກສາໄວ້.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• लाडूलिनम्: Lāḍūlin (proper name), (as object)
• लाडूलिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाडूलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रत्युत्थाय: having risen up to greet
• प्रत्युत्थाय: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्था (उद्+स्था)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), प्रति + उद्, Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रीत्या: with affection
• प्रीत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• परमया: with supreme/great
• परमया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• युक्तः: endowed/filled (with)
• युक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समभ्यर्च्य: having duly honored/worshipped
• समभ्यर्च्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), सम् + अभि, Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• यथाविधि: according to rule, duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + विधि

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• King Lāḍūlin

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma as proper conduct: rising to greet and honoring a person according to established norms (yathāvidhi). It suggests that ethical discipline and respectful etiquette remain binding even in tense, war-driven circumstances.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that upon seeing King Lāḍūlin, the king present rose in welcome and, with great warmth, offered him due honor in the prescribed manner—indicating a formal reception and observance of courtly protocol.