Shloka 15

Devanagari script

स शालिभवन रम्यं सर्वसस्यसमाचितम्‌ | सुखं परमधर्मिष्ठम भ्यगाद्‌ भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

sa śālibhavana ramyaṃ sarvasasyasamācitam | sukhaṃ paramadharmiṣṭham abhyagād bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana thưa: Hỡi bậc trượng phu ưu tú của dòng Bhārata, Ngài thong dong tiến bước, ngắm nhìn một vùng ruộng lúa chín vàng tươi đẹp, dồi dào mọi thứ ngũ cốc. Sự sung túc ấy được xem là thích hợp nhất cho việc hành trì bổn phận chính pháp và nuôi dưỡng dharma.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शालिभवनम्: a rice-field / paddy-land
• शालिभवनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शालिभवन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रम्यम्: beautiful, charming
• रम्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वसस्यसमाचितम्: filled with all kinds of crops
• सर्वसस्यसमाचितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वसस्यसमाचित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सुखम्: comfort, ease
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परमधर्मिष्ठम्: most righteous / supremely devoted to dharma
• परमधर्मिष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमधर्मिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यगात्: went to, approached, proceeded
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bharatarṣabha (addressed listener)
• śālibhavana (rice-fields/paddy tract)
• sasya (crops/grain)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links material abundance—especially well-tended crops—to the support of dharma: prosperity is portrayed as ethically meaningful when it sustains righteous duties, social welfare, and orderly life.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a character continuing his journey pleasantly while observing beautiful, harvest-ready rice-fields and plentiful crops, emphasizing the landscape’s prosperity and its suitability for dharmic purposes.