Shloka 42

Devanagari script

ततस्तौ तपसां वासौ यशसां तेजसामपि,तदनन्तर तपस्या, यश और तेजके भी निवासस्थान वे शम-दमसम्पन्न दोनों ऋषि पूर्वाह्नकालका नित्य कर्म पूर्ण करके फिर शान्त-भावसे पाद्य और अर्घ्य आदि निवेदन करके नारदजीकी पूजा करने लगे

Transliteration

tatas tau tapasāṃ vāsau yaśasāṃ tejasām api | tad-anantaraṃ tapasyā yaśaḥ tejaś ca nivāsasthānaṃ tau śama-dama-sampannau ubhau ṛṣī pūrvāhṇa-kālasya nitya-karma pūrayitvā punaḥ śānta-bhāvena pādya-arghyādīni nivedya nāradaṃ pūjayām āsa tuḥ |

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—پھر وہ دونوں مُنی، جو تپسیا، ناموری اور روحانی جلال کے بھی مسکن تھے، صبح کے معمول کے کرم پورے کر کے، نہایت سکون کے ساتھ پادْیَ اور اَرغْیَ وغیرہ پیش کر کے نارَد کی پوجا کرنے لگے۔

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तौthose two

तपसाम्of austerities

वासौabodes, dwellings

यशसाम्of fame

तेजसाम्of splendor/energy

अपिalso, even

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Nārada

two sages (unnamed)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True spiritual stature is shown through disciplined self-restraint (śama and dama) and through dharmic etiquette—completing one’s daily duties and honoring worthy guests with calm reverence.

What is happening in the narrative?

After finishing their morning obligatory rites, two self-controlled sages respectfully receive and worship the sage Nārada by offering pādya (water for the feet) and arghya (honor-offering), following traditional norms of hospitality.