Shloka 3

दधीच्यास्थिवज्रनिर्माणोपाख्यानम् | The Forging of the Vajra from Dadhīca’s Bones

Devanagari script

तस्मै चार््य यथान्यायमानीय पृथिवीपति: । प्राउ्जलि: प्रयतो भूत्वा पप्रच्छागमने<र्थिताम्‌,भूपाल श्रुतर्वाने उनके लिये यथायोग्य अर्घ्य निवेदन करके विनीतभावसे हाथ जोड़कर उनके पधारनेका प्रयोजन पूछा

Transliteration

tasmai cārghyaṃ yathānyāyam ānīya pṛthivīpatiḥ | prāñjaliḥ prayato bhūtvā papracchāgamane ’rthitām ||

Translation

Vị chúa tể cõi đất bèn dâng lễ arghya theo đúng nghi thức, rồi chắp tay, giữ dáng vẻ cung kính và tự chế, hỏi vị khách về mục đích chuyến viếng thăm.

Word by Word

तस्मैto him

चand

अर्घ्यम्honorary offering (arghya)

यथाas, according to

अन्यायम्impropriety, injustice (i.e., not proper)

आनीयhaving brought

पृथिवीपतिःthe lord of the earth (king)

प्राञ्जलिःwith joined hands

प्रयतःrestrained, composed, attentive

भूत्वाhaving become

पप्रच्छasked

आगमनेregarding (his) coming/arrival

अर्थिताम्the purpose, request, intention

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

pṛthivīpati (the king)

arghya (ceremonial offering)

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 atithi-dharma and rāja-dharma: a ruler should welcome a guest with proper rites (arghya), maintain self-restraint and humility, and inquire respectfully into the visitor’s purpose before proceeding.

What is happening in the narrative?

A king receives an arriving person: he offers arghya according to custom, folds his hands in reverence, composes himself, and asks why the visitor has come.