Shloka 36
Amba approaches the Paraśurāma context; Hotravāhana’s counsel and Akṛtavraṇa’s report (अम्बोपाख्यानम्—रामदर्शनप्रसङ्गः)
ततस्ते मुनयः सर्वे समुत्तस्थु: सहस्रश: । सच राजा वयोवृद्ध: सृञ्जयो होत्रवाहन:
tataste munayaḥ sarve samuttasthuḥ sahasraśaḥ | sa ca rājā vayovṛddhaḥ sṛñjayo hotravāhanaḥ ||
അപ്പോൾ ആ എല്ലാ മുനിമാരും ആയിരങ്ങളായി ഒരുമിച്ച് എഴുന്നേറ്റു; വൃദ്ധനായ രാജാവ് സൃഞ്ജയനും—ഹോത്രവാഹനേ—എഴുന്നേറ്റു നിന്നു.
होत्रवाहन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined decorum: when a significant moment of counsel or duty arises, both ascetics and rulers respond with unified respect. It underscores dharma as expressed through reverence, attentiveness, and proper conduct in an assembly.
A large gathering of sages stands up together, and the elderly king Sṛñjaya also rises. The address to Hotravāhana frames this as reported speech, emphasizing the solemnity and collective readiness of the assembly.