Shloka 5

Devanagari script

मैं और मेरे भानजे महामुनि पर्वत दोनों विजयी वीरोंमें श्रेष्ठ राजा सूंजयके यहाँ निवास करनेके लिये गये ।। तत्रावां पूजितौ तेन विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा । सर्वकामै: सुविहिती निवसावो<स्य वेश्मनि,वहाँ राजाने हम दोनोंका शास्त्रीय विधिके अनुसार पूजन किया और हमारे लिये सभी मनोवाञ्छित वस्तुओंके प्राप्त होनेकी सुव्यवस्था कर दी। हम दोनों उनके महलमें रहने लगे

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | ahaṃ ca mama bhānejaḥ mahāmuniḥ parvataś ca ubhau vijayī vīreṣu śreṣṭhaṃ rājānaṃ sūñjayaṃ nivāsārthaṃ gatāv | tatrāvāṃ pūjitau tena vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā | sarvakāmaiḥ suvihitair asya veśmani nyavasāva ||

Translation

अहं च मे भानजो महामुनिः पर्वतश्चैव जयतां वरे नृपे सूंजये निवासार्थमगच्छाव। तत्रावां पूजितौ तेन विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा। सर्वकामैः सुविहिती निवसावोऽस्य वेश्मनि॥

Word by Word

तत्रthere

आवाम्we two

पूजितौhonoured, worshipped

तेनby him

विधि-दृष्टेनprescribed by rule (seen in the injunctions)

कर्मणाby (ritual) act, by procedure

सर्व-कामैःwith all desired things

सुविहितीgood arrangement, proper provision

निवसावःwe two dwelt, stayed

अस्यof him, his

वेश्मनिin the house/palace

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Narada

Parvata (sage)

King Sūñjaya

palace/house (veśman)

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 through proper hospitality: a righteous king honors visiting sages according to scriptural injunction (vidhi) and provides for their needs, showing that ethical kingship includes reverence, ritual propriety, and generous care for guests.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada narrates that he and his nephew-sage Parvata went to King Sūñjaya to reside there; the king received them with due rites and arranged all comforts, after which they stayed in his palace.