Shloka 18

Devanagari script

तत्राग्निशरणे क्लृप्तमासनं तस्य भानुमत्‌ | आहारादि च सर्व तत्‌ तथैव प्रत्यवेदयत्‌,वहाँ अग्निहोत्रगृहमें उनके लिये चमचमाते हुए सुन्दर आसनकी व्यवस्था हो गयी। भोजन आदिकी सब सामग्री भी राजाने वहीं प्रस्तुत कर दी

Transliteration

tatrāgniśaraṇe klṛptam āsanaṃ tasya bhānumat | āhārādi ca sarva tat tathaiva pratyavedayat |

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Там, в святилище огня (доме агнихотры), для него устроили подобающее и сияющее сиденье. Равным образом, все припасы — пища и прочее — были надлежащим образом поднесены ему.

Word by Word

तत्रthere

अग्नि-शरणेin the fire-sanctuary / fire-house

क्लृप्तम्arranged, prepared

आसनम्seat

तस्यfor him / of him

भानुमत्shining, radiant

आहार-आदिfood and the like

चand

सर्वम्all

तत्that (all that arrangement/material)

तथाthus, in that manner

एवindeed, just

प्रत्यवेदयत्reported, informed, presented (made known)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

agniśaraṇa (agnihotra-house)

āsana (seat)

āhāra (food/provisions)

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 highlights dharma expressed as proper hospitality: honoring a guest with a suitable seat and providing necessities, especially within a ritually significant space, showing respect, restraint, and social-ethical duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the agnihotra-house, arrangements are made for the guest: a shining seat is prepared and all food and related provisions are formally presented, indicating a careful reception according to custom.