Shloka 33

Devanagari script

स्वागतं वो महाभागा: स्वागतं वो महारथा: । तुष्यामि दर्शनाच्चाहं युष्माकममरोपमा:,“महाभाग नरेशगण! आपलोगोंका स्वागत है। देवोपम महारथियो! आपका स्वागत है। मैं आपलोगोंके दर्शनसे बहुत संतुष्ट हूँ

Transliteration

svāgataṃ vo mahābhāgāḥ svāgataṃ vo mahārathāḥ | tuṣyāmi darśanāc cāhaṃ yuṣmākam amaropamāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: “Hoan nghênh các bậc cao quý, phúc đức; hoan nghênh các đại chiến xa dũng sĩ. Chỉ cần được thấy các ngài, lòng ta đã mãn nguyện sâu xa, bởi các ngài oai lực chẳng khác chư thiên.”

Word by Word

स्वागतम्welcome

वःto you / of you (pl.)

महाभागाःO greatly fortunate ones

स्वागतम्welcome

वःto you / of you (pl.)

महारथाःO great chariot-warriors

तुष्यामिI am pleased / I rejoice

दर्शनात्from (your) seeing / at the sight

चand

अहम्I

युष्माकम्of you (pl.) / your

अमर-उपमाःO you who are like the immortals (gods)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

mahārathāḥ (great warriors)

mahābhāgāḥ (noble persons)

amarāḥ (the immortals/gods, by comparison)

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?

Even amid the tensions of war, dharmic conduct includes honoring worthy persons with respectful speech and hospitality; praise here reinforces social ethics of reception and regard for excellence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses a group of eminent kings and great warriors, formally welcoming them and expressing personal satisfaction at seeing them, describing them as godlike in prowess.