Shloka 15

युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya

Devanagari script

ऋषयो भ्यागतास्तत्र देव्या भकत्या तपोधना: । आतिदथ्यं च कृतं तेषां शाकेन किल भारत

Transliteration

ṛṣayo ’bhyāgatās tatra devyā bhaktyā tapodhanāḥ | ātithyaṃ ca kṛtaṃ teṣāṃ śākena kila bhārata ||

Translation

ହେ ଭାରତ! ଦେବୀଙ୍କ ଭକ୍ତିରେ ପ୍ରେରିତ ହୋଇ ତପୋଧନ ଋଷିମାନେ ସେଠାକୁ ଆସିଥିଲେ। ଏବଂ ସେ ଦେବୀ ଶାକ (ସାଗ) ଦ୍ୱାରା ହିଁ ସେମାନଙ୍କ ଆତିଥ୍ୟ-ସତ୍କାର କରିଥିଲେ—ଏମିତି କୁହାଯାଏ।

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभ्यागताः: having arrived
• अभ्यागताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-आ-गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• देव्याः: of the goddess
• देव्याः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• भक्त्या: by devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• तपोधनाः: ascetics rich in austerity (great sages)
• तपोधनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आतिथ्यम्: hospitality
• आतिथ्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आतिथ्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• कृतम्: was done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• तेषाम्: for them / of them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• शाकेन: with vegetables/greens
• शाकेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाक
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• किल: indeed / it is said
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल

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

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ṛṣayaḥ (sages)
• devī (the goddess)
• śāka (leafy greens/vegetable food)
• Bhārata (addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True hospitality (ātithya-dharma) depends on sincerity and reverence, not luxury; even simple food offered with devotion and discipline becomes ethically and spiritually significant.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sages, impressed by the goddess’s devotion, come to her. She receives them respectfully and serves them a simple meal of śāka (leafy greens), demonstrating austere yet proper guest-honoring conduct.