Shloka 21

Vasiṣṭhasya śokaḥ, Vipāśā–Śatadrū-nāmākaraṇam, Kalmāṣapādasya bhaya-prasaṅgaḥ (Ādi Parva 167)

Devanagari script

उपयाजवच: श्र॒ुत्वा याजस्याश्रममभ्यगात्‌ । अभिसम्पूज्य पूजाहमथ याजमुवाच ह

Transliteration

upayājavacaḥ śrutvā yājasya āśramam abhyagāt | abhisampūjya pūjārham atha yājam uvāca ha |

Translation

杜卢帕陀王听罢优波耶阇之言，便前往耶阇的住林。礼敬并供养这位当受敬仰的圣者之后，王遂对耶阇开口。此段凸显一种现实的伦理张力：即便私下不赞同他人的行止，为了正当目的仍可恭敬相就，在言语与行为上守持礼法与达摩。

Word by Word

• {'upayāja-vacaḥ': 'the words/speech of Upayāja', 'śrutvā': 'having heard', 'yājasya': 'of Yāja', 'āśramam': 'hermitage

• ascetic dwelling', 'abhyagāt': 'went to

• approached', 'abhisampūjya': 'having respectfully worshipped/honored', 'pūjārham': 'worthy of worship

• venerable', 'atha': 'then

• thereafter', 'uvāca ha': 'said (indeed)

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Upayāja
• Yāja
• the King (Drupada, in the surrounding narrative)
• Yāja’s āśrama (hermitage)