Shloka 29

अध्याय १८४ — भैक्षविभागः, शयनविधानम्, धृष्टद्युम्नस्य निवेदनम्

Alms Distribution, Night Lodging, and Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s Report

Devanagari script

वर्तमाने समाजे तु रमणीये<ट्लि षोडशे । आप्लुताज़ी सुवसना सर्वाभरणभूषिता,सोलहवें दिन अत्यन्त मनोहर समाज जुटा। भरतश्रेष्ठ) उसी दिन स्नान करके सुन्दर वस्त्र और सब प्रकारके आभूषणोंसे विभूषित हो हाथोंमें सोनेकी बनी हुई कामदार जयमाला लिये ट्रुपदराजकुमारी उस रंग-भूमिमें उतरी

Transliteration

vartamāne samāje tu ramaṇīye ṣoḍaśe | āplutā ca suvasanā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā |

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“当那欢悦而华美的公众大会正进行之时，至第十六日，公主沐浴既毕，身着丽服，佩戴诸般饰物，步入竞技场，双手捧着一条以黄金精工制成的辉煌胜利花鬘。”

Word by Word

• वर्तमाने: while (it was) going on / in progress
• वर्तमाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्तमान (वृत् धातोः शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• समाजे: in the assembly/gathering
• समाजे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाज
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• रमणीये: in the delightful (place/occasion)
• रमणीये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रमणीय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षोडशे: on the sixteenth (day)
• षोडशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडश
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आप्लुता: having bathed
• आप्लुता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आप्लुत (आ + प्लु धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सुवसना: well-clad / wearing fine garments
• सुवसना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-वसन
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वाभरणभूषिता: adorned with all ornaments
• सर्वाभरणभूषिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-आभरण-भूषित (भूष् धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• assembly (samāja)
• sixteenth day
• princess (rājakumārī; implied)
• victory garland (jayamālā)
• gold (hiraṇmaya; implied)
• arena (raṅgabhūmi; implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how major life decisions in epic society are framed within public, ritual order: purification (bathing), propriety (fine dress), and symbolic action (the victory-garland) situate personal choice within communal norms and royal dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

During a grand and pleasing public gathering, on the sixteenth day, a princess enters the arena after bathing and adorning herself, carrying a golden victory-garland—signaling a formal, ceremonial moment of selection or honor before the assembled audience.