Shloka 29
धृष्टद्युम्नेन समागतक्षत्रियगणगणना
Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s Enumeration of Assembled Kṣatriyas
प्रतिलभ्य तत: संज्ञामभिवाद्य कृताउ्जलि: । उवाच नृपति: काले वसिष्ठमृषिसत्तमम्,तदनन्तर सचेत होनेपर राजा कल्माषपादने तत्काल ही मुनिश्रेष्ठ वसिष्ठको प्रणाम किया और हाथ जोड़कर कहा--
pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñām abhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ | uvāca nṛpatiḥ kāle vasiṣṭham ṛṣisattamam ||
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गन्धर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic conduct: after recovering awareness, the king first offers respectful salutation (abhivāda) with folded hands (kṛtāñjali) to the sage. It models humility, self-restraint, and recognition of spiritual authority as an ethical corrective after turmoil.
A king (noted in the accompanying prose as Kalmāṣapāda) regains consciousness and immediately bows to the sage Vasiṣṭha, then begins to speak. The moment marks a transition from disorientation to composed, respectful dialogue.