Shloka 53
अध्याय ९ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति राजनित्युपदेशः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel on Royal Policy to Yudhiṣṭhira
प्राजजलि: पूजयामास त॑ जन॑ भरतर्षभ । ततो विवेश भवन गान्धार्या सहितो निजम् | व्युष्टायां चैव शर्वर्या यच्चकार निबोध तत्
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: prāñjaliḥ pūjayāmāsa taṃ janaṃ bharatarṣabha | tato viveśa bhavanaṃ gāndhāryā sahito nijam || vyuṣṭāyāṃ caiva śarvaryā yaccakāra nibodha tat, bharatamaśreṣṭha! ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: Magkapatong ang mga kamay sa paggalang, pinarangalan niya ang mga taong iyon, O toro sa angkan ng mga Bharata. Pagkaraan, kasama si Gāndhārī, pumasok siya sa sarili niyang tahanan. At nang lumipas ang gabi at sumikat ang bukang-liwayway, makinig, O pinakamainam sa mga Bharata, sa ginawa niya pagkatapos nito.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds dharma through respectful conduct: a ruler (or elder) shows humility and proper hospitality to revered guests (especially Brāhmaṇas/ascetics), then proceeds with disciplined, orderly action as the new day begins—suggesting that ethical life is sustained by reverence, restraint, and right social duties.
After receiving or meeting a group of revered persons, Dhṛtarāṣṭra respectfully honors them with joined hands and appropriate hospitality. He then returns to his residence with Gāndhārī. The narrator signals a transition: when night ends and morning comes, the next actions of Dhṛtarāṣṭra will be described.