Shloka 48

ब्राह्मणपूजा-राजधर्मः | Royal Duty of Honoring Learned Brahmins

Devanagari script

सतं विदित्वा तु भगुर्निश्चक्रामाश्रमात्‌ तदा । पूजयामास च ततो विधिना नृपसत्तमम्‌

Transliteration

sataṁ viditvā tu bhagur niścakrāmāśramāt tadā | pūjayāmāsa ca tato vidhinā nṛpasattamam ||

Translation

ఆయనను సత్పురుషుడని తెలిసికొని భృగువు అప్పుడు ఆశ్రమం నుండి బయటికి వచ్చాడు. అనంతరం విధి-విధానాల ప్రకారం నృపశ్రేష్ఠుని యథోచితంగా పూజించి సత్కరించాడు.

Word by Word

सतंthe good man / the virtuous one

विदित्वाhaving known

तुbut/indeed

भगुःBhagu (a sage)

निश्चक्रामwent out / departed

आश्रमात्from the hermitage

तदाthen

पूजयामासhonoured / worshipped

चand

ततःthereafter / then

विधिनाby the proper rite / according to rule

नृपसत्तमम्the best of kings

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Bhagu (sage)

āśrama (hermitage)

nṛpasattama (the best of kings)

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?

True dharma includes recognizing virtue in others and responding with appropriate honor; righteousness is expressed through disciplined, rule-guided conduct (vidhi), especially in receiving and respecting worthy persons.

What is happening in the narrative?

The sage Bhagu, realizing the visitor is a righteous and eminent king, comes out of his hermitage and formally honors him according to prescribed rites and proper etiquette.