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Shloka 153

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 30: Nārada–Parvata Samaya-bhaṅga, Śāpa, and the Marriage of Sukumārī

यथानिदेशं राज्ञस्तौ सत्कृत्योपचचार ह । धर्मांचरणमें तत्पर रहनेवाली उस कन्याने पितासे “ऐसा ही होगा' यों कहकर राजाकी आज्ञाके अनुसार उन दोनोंकी सत्कारपूर्वक सेवा आरम्भ कर दी

yathānideśaṃ rājñas tau satkṛtyopacacāra ha | dharmācaraṇe tatparā raṇe'valī sā kanyā pitaram “evaṃ bhaviṣyati” iti uktvā rājñājñānusāreṇa tayoḥ satkārapūrvakaṃ sevām ārabdhavatī ||

राजाच्या आज्ञेनुसार तिने त्या दोघांचा यथोचित सत्कार केला आणि त्यांची सेवा सुरू केली. धर्माचरणात तत्पर असलेल्या त्या कन्येने प्रथम पित्याला—“असेच होईल” असे सांगून, मग राजाज्ञेप्रमाणे आदरपूर्वक अतिथिसेवा आरंभिली।

यथाas, according to
यथा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
Formindeclinable
अनिदेशम्instruction, command
अनिदेशम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअनिदेश
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
राज्ञःof the king
राज्ञः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
तौthose two
तौ:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, accusative, dual
सत्कृत्यhaving honored / having received respectfully
सत्कृत्य:
Karana
TypeVerb
Rootसत् + कृ
Formabsolutive (क्त्वान्त), from √कृ; 'having honored'
उपचचारserved, attended upon
उपचचार:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउप + चर्
Formperfect (लिट्), 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada
indeed (emphatic particle)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
Formindeclinable (particle)

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Ś
Śrī Kṛṣṇa (speaker)
T
the king (rājā)
T
the maiden (kanyā)
T
the father (pitā)
T
two persons (tau)

Educational Q&A

Dharma is shown through disciplined obedience to rightful instruction and through respectful care for others; ethical action is not merely intention but proper conduct—honoring and serving as duty requires.

A dharma-minded maiden, after assuring her father that she will comply, follows the king’s command and begins to honor and serve two individuals with due hospitality and respect.