Shloka 15

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

Devanagari script

स शालिभवन रम्यं सर्वसस्यसमाचितम्‌ | सुखं परमधर्मिष्ठम भ्यगाद्‌ भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ) उस समय धर्मकार्यके लिये अत्यन्त उपयोगी तथा सम्पूर्ण सस्य-सम्पत्तिसे भरे हुए अगहनी धानके मनोहर खेत देखते हुए भगवान्‌ बड़े सुखसे यात्रा कर रहे थे

Transliteration

sa śālibhavana ramyaṃ sarvasasyasamācitam | sukhaṃ paramadharmiṣṭham abhyagād bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

ହେ ଭରତଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ! ସେ ସମୟରେ ଭଗବାନ୍ ସୁଖରେ ଯାତ୍ରା କରୁଥିଲେ ଏବଂ ଅଗହଣୀ ଧାନର ମନୋହର କ୍ଷେତ୍ରବିସ୍ତାର ଦେଖୁଥିଲେ—ଯାହା ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରକାର ଶସ୍ୟସମ୍ପଦରେ ପରିପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଓ ଧର୍ମକାର୍ଯ୍ୟ ପାଇଁ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଉପଯୁକ୍ତ ମନାଯାଉଥିଲା।

Word by Word

सःhe

शालिभवनम्a rice-field / paddy-land

रम्यम्beautiful, charming

सर्वसस्यसमाचितम्filled with all kinds of crops

सुखम्comfort, ease

परमधर्मिष्ठम्most righteous / supremely devoted to dharma

अभ्यगात्went to, approached, proceeded

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bharatarṣabha (addressed listener)

śālibhavana (rice-fields/paddy tract)

sasya (crops/grain)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.