Shloka 16

Amba approaches the Paraśurāma context; Hotravāhana’s counsel and Akṛtavraṇa’s report (अम्बोपाख्यानम्—रामदर्शनप्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

ततस्ते तापसा: सर्वे पूजयन्ति सम त॑ नूपम्‌ । पूजाभि: स्वागताद्याभिरासनेनोदकेन च,तब उन सब तापसोंने स्वागत, कुशल-प्रश्न, आसन-समर्पण और जल-दान आदि अतिथि-सत्कारके उपचारोंद्वारा राजा होत्रवाहनका समादर किया

Transliteration

tatas te tāpasāḥ sarve pūjayanti samatānūpam | pūjābhiḥ svāgatādyābhir āsanenodakena ca ||

Translation

అప్పుడు ఆ తపస్వులందరూ వచ్చిన రాజును అతిథి-ధర్మానుసారం పూజించారు—స్వాగత వచనాలతో, కుశల ప్రశ్నలతో, ఆసనం సమర్పించి, నీరు అర్పించి తదితర ఉపచారాలతో.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तेthey (those)

तापसाःascetics

सर्वेall

पूजयन्तिthey honor, worship

सम्well, duly (as a prefix/particle)

तंhim

नृपम्king

पूजाभिःwith honors

स्वागताद्याभिःwith (acts) such as welcome, etc.

आसनेनwith a seat (offering of a seat)

उदकेनwith water (offering of water)

चand

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

भ

भीष्म (Bhīṣma)

त

तापस (ascetics)

स

समतानूप (Samatānūpa, king)

आ

आसन (seat)

उ

उदक (water)

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 atithi-dharma (the duty of hospitality): welcoming a guest with respectful reception—greetings, welfare-inquiry, offering a seat, and water—is an ethical obligation upheld even by ascetics.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that a group of ascetics receive and honor King Samatānūpa, performing customary guest-courtesies such as welcome, asking after his well-being, offering a seat, and providing water.