Shloka 43

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 113 — Maryādā-sthāpana (Śvetaketu’s Boundary) and the Niyoga Deliberation of Pāṇḍu and Kuntī

Devanagari script

सो5भिवाद्य पितु: पादौ कौसल्यानन्दवर्धन: । यथा मानयामास पौरजानपदानपि,कौसल्याका- आनन्द बढ़ानेवाले पाण्डुने निकट आकर पितृव्य भीष्मके चरणोंमें प्रणाम किया और नगर तथा जनपदके लोगोंका भी यथायोग्य सम्मान किया

Transliteration

so ’bhivādya pituḥ pādau kausalyānandavardhanaḥ | yathā mānayāmāsa paurajānāpadān api ||

Translation

Панду — умножающий радость дома куру — приблизился и с благоговением склонился к стопам отца. Затем он воздал почести у стоп Бхишмы, старшего по отцовской линии, и должным образом почтил и горожан, и людей из сельских областей.

Word by Word

सःhe

अभिवाद्यhaving saluted

पितुःof (his) father

पादौthe two feet

कौसल्यानन्दवर्धनःthe increaser of Kausalyā's joy (epithet)

यथाas, in the proper manner

मानयामासhonoured, paid respect to

पौरजनपदान्the townsmen and the people of the countryside (janapadas)

अपिalso

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍu

Bhīṣma

father (of Pāṇḍu)

paura (townspeople)

jānapada (people of the countryside/realm)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharma expressed as humility and proper conduct: honoring one’s father and elders, and extending respectful regard to the broader community (citizens and subjects). Such courtesy is presented as a moral and political virtue expected of a prince.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pāṇḍu arrives, first bows at his father’s feet, then approaches his paternal elder Bhīṣma to bow at his feet, and thereafter honors the townspeople and the inhabitants of the realm in a manner appropriate to their status.