Shloka 5

अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायः (Anukramaṇikā Adhyāya) — Invocation, Narrator Frame, and Textual Scope

Devanagari script

अथ तेषूपविष्टेषु सर्वेष्वेव तपस्विषु । निर्दिष्टमासनं भेजे विनयाललौमहर्षणि:

Transliteration

atha teṣūpaviṣṭeṣu sarveṣv eva tapasviṣu | nirdiṣṭam āsanaṃ bheje vinayāl lomaharṣaṇiḥ ||

Translation

ครั้นเมื่อเหล่าตบัสวีทั้งปวงนั่งประจำที่แล้ว โลมหรรษณะด้วยความนอบน้อมก็เข้ารับนั่ง ณ อาสนะที่ได้กำหนดไว้แก่ตน

Word by Word

अथthen/now

तेषुamong them / in them

उपविष्टेषुwhen (they were) seated

सर्वेषुin all

एवindeed/just

तपस्विषुamong the ascetics

निर्दिष्टम्designated/assigned

आसनम्seat

भेजेtook/occupied/resorted to

विनयात्out of humility / from modesty

रोमहर्षणिःRomaharshaṇa (Sūta)

Characters & Entities

Lomaharṣaṇa

tapasvins (ascetics)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights vinaya (humility) and maryādā (proper conduct): even a respected speaker honors the community and its order by accepting the seat assigned, showing that learning and authority should be accompanied by modesty.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the opening frame of the Mahābhārata, an assembly of ascetics has seated itself; Lomaharṣaṇa (the Sūta narrator) then takes the designated seat, preparing to speak in a manner consistent with the assembly’s discipline and hierarchy.