Shloka 29

कुरुसभायां केशवागमन-सत्कारविधानम् / Preparations to Honor Keśava at the Kuru Court

Devanagari script

सुमृष्टं भोजयित्वा च ब्राह्मणांस्तत्र केशव: । भुक्त्वा च सह तै: सर्वैरवसत्‌ तां क्षपां सुखम्‌

Transliteration

sumṛṣṭaṃ bhojayitvā ca brāhmaṇāṃs tatra keśavaḥ | bhuktvā ca saha taiḥ sarvair avasat tāṃ kṣapāṃ sukham |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Trước hết, Keśava đã khoản đãi các bà-la-môn ở đó bằng những món ăn được chuẩn bị tinh tươm, thơm ngon; rồi chính Ngài cũng dùng bữa cùng tất cả họ và an trú đêm ấy tại đó trong sự an lạc. Cảnh này nêu bật lý tưởng dharma về lòng hiếu khách và sự tôn kính đối với bà-la-môn—phụng sự trước bản thân, và cùng chia sẻ trong cộng đồng thay vì hưởng thụ một mình.

Word by Word

• सुमृष्टम्: well-prepared (food)
• सुमृष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमृष्ट (सु+मृष्ट)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भोजयित्वा: having fed
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (भोजयति, causative of भुज्/भुज्-भोजने)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• केशवः: Keshava (Krishna)
• केशवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भुक्त्वा: having eaten
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (भुङ्क्ते/भुनक्ति)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• तैः: with them
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सर्वैः: all (of them)
• सर्वैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अवसत्: stayed, dwelt
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (वसति)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• क्षपाम्: night
• क्षपाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षपा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सुखम्: comfortably, happily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुख

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Brāhmaṇas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic hospitality: honoring guests—especially learned brāhmaṇas—by serving them well before attending to oneself, and sharing food and shelter in a spirit of respect and community.

What is happening in the narrative?

Keśava (Kṛṣṇa) arranges and serves excellent food to the brāhmaṇas present, then eats together with them, and remains there for the night comfortably, as narrated by Vaiśampāyana.