Shloka 2

Adhyāya 160: Dikpāla-Cosmography and the Sun’s Kālacakra (दिक्पाल-विश्ववर्णनम् तथा आदित्यस्य कालचक्रम्)

Devanagari script

ततः कृष्णा च भीमश्न यमौ च सुतपस्विनौ । शिरोभ्रि: प्राप्य राजर्षि परिवार्योपतस्थिरे,तदनन्तर द्रौपदी, भीमसेन और परम तपस्वी नकुल-सहदेव--ये सभी मस्तक झुकाकर उन राजर्षिको चारों ओरसे घेरकर खड़े हो गये

Transliteration

tataḥ kṛṣṇā ca bhīmaś ca yamau ca sutapasvinau | śirobhis prāpya rājarṣiṃ parivāryopatasthire ||

Translation

Rồi Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), Bhīma và hai anh em song sinh Nakula–Sahadeva, bền chí trong khổ hạnh, đều cúi đầu tiến đến bậc vương hiền. Họ tụ lại quanh ngài bốn phía và đứng hầu với lòng khiêm cung, đúng phép với bậc trưởng thượng.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

कृष्णाKṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

चand

भीमःBhīma

चand

यमौthe twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)

चand

सुतपस्विनौvery/eminently ascetic (performing good austerities)

शिरोभिःwith (their) heads; by bowing the head

प्राप्यhaving approached / having reached

राजर्षिम्the royal sage

परिवार्यhaving surrounded

उपतस्थिरेthey stood near / attended upon

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

Nakula

Sahadeva

rājarṣi (royal sage)

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 dharmic etiquette: approaching a venerable person with humility—bowed head, restrained demeanor, and respectful attendance. It presents reverence toward a rājarṣi as a moral norm, linking inner discipline (tapas) with outward conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the preceding event, Draupadī, Bhīma, and the twin brothers Nakula and Sahadeva come to a royal sage. They bow, surround him respectfully, and stand by in attendance, indicating deference and readiness to listen or serve.