Shloka 16

एकचक्रानिवासे ब्राह्मणगृहदुःखश्रवणम् | Hearing the Brāhmaṇa Household’s Distress at Ekacakrā

Devanagari script

भवन्त: सुहृदो5स्माकमस्मान्‌ कृत्या प्रदक्षिणम्‌ प्रतिनन्द्य तथाशीर्भिनिविर्तध्वं यथा गृहम्‌

Transliteration

bhavantaḥ suhṛdo ’smākam asmān kṛtyā pradakṣiṇam pratinandya tathāśīrbhir nivṛtadhvaṃ yathā gṛham

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Các vị là những người bạn lành, luôn cầu điều tốt cho chúng ta. Nay các vị đã làm lễ đi vòng bên phải (pradakṣiṇa) theo tục lệ để tỏ lòng tôn kính, lại bày tỏ sự tán đồng; vậy xin hãy ra về cùng lời chúc phúc, trở lại nhà mình.”

Word by Word

भवन्तःyou (honored persons)

सुहृदःfriends, well-wishers

अस्माकम्of us, our

अस्मान्us

कृत्याwith (due) act/service; by a proper rite

प्रदक्षिणम्circumambulation (to the right)

प्रतिनन्द्यhaving greeted/received respectfully

तथाthus, in that manner

आशीर्भिःwith blessings

निवर्तध्वम्return (you all)

यथाas, so that

गृहम्home

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

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 dhārmic social conduct: respect is shown through proper ritual gestures (pradakṣiṇā), goodwill is affirmed through courteous approval, and departures are sealed with blessings—maintaining harmony and gratitude in relationships.

What is happening in the narrative?

A group addressed as well-wishers has completed a respectful, customary act (circumambulation) and offered their assent; the speaker instructs them to depart with blessings and return to their homes.