गौतम उवाच । कच्चित्ते कुशलं राजन्कच्चित्ते पदमव्ययम्
gautama uvāca | kaccitte kuśalaṃ rājankaccitte padamavyayam
گوتم نے کہا: “اے راجن! کیا تم خیریت سے ہو؟ کیا تم نے وہ محفوظ اور غیرزوال پذیر مقام حاصل کر لیا ہے؟”
Gautama
Scene: Gautama addresses the king with calm compassion, right hand slightly raised in blessing; the king listens, still burdened but steadied by the sage’s auspicious words.
Dharmic inquiry begins with welfare and the search for an enduring refuge—worldly well-being aligned with imperishable spiritual grounding.
None; it is a conversational opening in the narrative.
None.