Shloka 24
यज्ञवाटवैभववर्णनम् / Description of the Splendour of the Sacrificial Enclosure
Devanagari script
सो5भिवाद्य पितु: पादौ धर्मराजस्य धीमत:
Transliteration
so 'bhivādya pituḥ pādau dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ
Translation
सोऽभिवाद्य पितुः पादौ धर्मराजस्य धीमतः।
Word by Word
अभिवाद्यhaving saluted / after paying obeisance
अभिवाद्य:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootअभि√वद्
Formल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थक अव्यय), कर्तरि, पूर्वकाल (absolutive)
पितुःof (his) father
पितुः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
पादौthe two feet
पादौ:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाद
FormMasculine, Accusative, Dual
धर्मराजस्यof Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)
धर्मराजस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मराज
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
धीमतःof the wise/intelligent one
धीमतः:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootधीमत्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
Speaker
युधिष्ठिर उवाच
Characters & Entities
D
Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)F
father (pituḥ)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds dharmic etiquette: honoring one’s father and a righteous ruler through respectful salutation. Ethical life begins with humility and proper regard for elders and moral authority.
A character approaches and first performs a formal act of reverence—saluting the feet of his father, identified as the wise Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)—before continuing with the ensuing action or speech.