Shloka 16

Amba approaches the Paraśurāma context; Hotravāhana’s counsel and Akṛtavraṇa’s report (अम्बोपाख्यानम्—रामदर्शनप्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

ततस्ते तापसा: सर्वे पूजयन्ति सम त॑ नूपम्‌ । पूजाभि: स्वागताद्याभिरासनेनोदकेन च,तब उन सब तापसोंने स्वागत, कुशल-प्रश्न, आसन-समर्पण और जल-दान आदि अतिथि-सत्कारके उपचारोंद्वारा राजा होत्रवाहनका समादर किया

Transliteration

tatas te tāpasāḥ sarve pūjayanti samatānūpam | pūjābhiḥ svāgatādyābhir āsanenodakena ca ||

Translation

پھر ان سب تپسویوں نے آئے ہوئے نریش کا مہمان دھرم کے مطابق اکرام کیا—خوش آمدید کے کلمات، خیریت دریافت کرنا، نشست کے لیے آسن پیش کرنا اور پانی دینا وغیرہ کے آدابِ پذیرائی سے۔

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तेthey (those)

तापसाःascetics

सर्वेall

पूजयन्तिthey honor, worship

सम्well, duly (as a prefix/particle)

तंhim

नृपम्king

पूजाभिःwith honors

स्वागताद्याभिःwith (acts) such as welcome, etc.

आसनेनwith a seat (offering of a seat)

उदकेनwith water (offering of water)

चand

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

भ

भीष्म (Bhīṣma)

त

तापस (ascetics)

स

समतानूप (Samatānūpa, king)

आ

आसन (seat)

उ

उदक (water)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights atithi-dharma (the duty of hospitality): welcoming a guest with respectful reception—greetings, welfare-inquiry, offering a seat, and water—is an ethical obligation upheld even by ascetics.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that a group of ascetics receive and honor King Samatānūpa, performing customary guest-courtesies such as welcome, asking after his well-being, offering a seat, and providing water.