Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तेडभिगम्य महात्मान: पूजिताश्न यथाविधि । आसनेषु महाहेंषु विविशुस्ते महर्षय:,वे महात्मा महर्षि वहाँ पहुँचकर विधिपूर्वक पूजित हो राजाके दिये हुए बहुमूल्य आसनोंपर विराजमान हुए

Transliteration

teḍabhigamya mahātmānaḥ pūjitāś ca yathāvidhi | āsaneṣu mahārheṣu viviśus te maharṣayaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Khi đã đến gần các bậc hiền triết đại tâm ấy, và đã cung kính tôn vinh họ đúng theo nghi lễ quy định, các hiền triết liền an tọa trên những tòa ngồi quý giá do nhà vua dâng. Cảnh này nhấn mạnh trật tự đạo đức của việc tiếp đãi: kính trọng người đáng kính, hành lễ đúng phép, và gìn giữ dharma qua sự đón tiếp trang nghiêm.

Word by Word

तेthey

अभिगम्यhaving approached

महात्मानःthe great-souled ones

पूजिताःhonored, worshipped

चand

यथा-विधिaccording to rule, duly

आसनेषुon the seats

महाहेषुgreat, excellent

विविशुःthey entered / took their places

तेthose (they)

महर्षयःgreat sages

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

maharṣayaḥ (great sages)

mahārha-āsana (precious seats)

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?

The verse highlights dharma expressed as proper hospitality: approaching the worthy with humility, honouring them according to established injunctions (yathāvidhi), and offering appropriate seats—outer acts that sustain ethical and social order.

What is happening in the narrative?

A group of great sages arrive; they are formally received and honoured in the prescribed manner, and then they take their seats on valuable, honorific seats provided for them.