Shloka 16
Adhyāya 33: Antarvedī-Samāgama, Arghya-Nirṇaya, and Śiśupāla’s Objection
त॑ मुदाभिसमागम्य सत्कृत्य च यथाविधि । स पृष्टवा कुशलं चैव सुखासीनं युधिष्ठिर:,नरश्रेष्ठ जनमेजय! राजा युधिष्छिर बड़े प्रसन्न होकर उनसे मिले। उनका विधिपूर्वक स्वागत-सत्कार करके कुशलमंगल पूछा और जब वे सुखपूर्वक बैठ गये, तब धौम्य, द्वैपायन आदि ऋत्विजों तथा भीम, अर्जुन, नकुल, सहदेव--चारों भाइयोंके साथ निकट जाकर युधिष्ठिरने श्रीकृष्णसे कहा
taṁ mudābhisamāgamya satkṛtya ca yathāvidhi | sa pṛṣṭvā kuśalaṁ caiva sukhāsīnaṁ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ, naraśreṣṭha janamejaya! rājā yudhiṣṭhira baṛe prasanna hokar unse mile | unakā vidhipūrvak svāgat-satkār karke kuśalamaṅgal pūchā aur jab ve sukhapūrvak baiṭh gaye, tab dhaumya, dvaipāyana ādi ṛtvijoṁ tathā bhīma, arjuna, nakula, sahadeva—cāroṁ bhāiyoṁ ke sāth nikaṭ jākar yudhiṣṭhira ne śrīkṛṣṇa se kahā
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Sa galak, si Yudhiṣṭhira ay lumapit upang salubungin siya at, ayon sa nararapat na ritwal, naghandog ng marangal na pagtanggap. Tinanong niya ang kalagayan ng panauhin; at nang ito’y nakaupo na nang maginhawa, si Haring Yudhiṣṭhira—O Janamejaya, pinakamainam sa mga tao—ay lumapit kay Śrī Kṛṣṇa kasama ang mga pari gaya nina Dhaumya at Dvaipāyana, at kasama rin ang kanyang mga kapatid na sina Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, at Sahadeva, at saka nagsalita kay Kṛṣṇa.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds dharma in social conduct: a ruler’s duty includes honoring guests properly (satkāra) and observing prescribed decorum (yathāvidhi). Ethical leadership is shown through respectful reception, inquiry into welfare, and seeking counsel in the presence of elders and priests.
Yudhiṣṭhira happily meets the arriving Kṛṣṇa, performs formal hospitality, asks about his well-being, and once Kṛṣṇa is seated comfortably, approaches him along with the royal priests (Dhaumya, Dvaipāyana, etc.) and his brothers, and begins to speak to Kṛṣṇa.