Shloka 9

Sabhā-praveśa, Dāna, and the Courtly Convergence (सभा-प्रवेशः दानं च)

Devanagari script

सभायामृषयस्तस्यां पाण्डवै: सह आसते । आसांचक्रुनरिन्द्राश्न नानादेशसमागता:,उस सभामें ऋषि तथा विभिन्न देशोंसे आये हुए नरेश पाण्डवोंके साथ बैठा करते थे

Transliteration

sabhāyām ṛṣayas tasyāṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha āsate | āsāṃ cakrur narendrāś ca nānādeśa-samāgatāḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：在那王家议事大殿中，诸位仙圣（ṛṣi）与般度五子同坐；诸王亦从四方诸国而来，在殿中就座。

Word by Word

• सभायाम्: in the assembly
• सभायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्याम्: in that (assembly)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पाण्डवैः: with the Pandavas
• पाण्डवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• आसते: sit / were seated
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• आसाम्: of those (women/things); of them (f.)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• चक्रुः: did / made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• नरिन्द्राः: kings (lords of men)
• नरिन्द्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• नाना: various
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना

• देश: country/region
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Stem (in compound), Singular

• समागताः: assembled / arrived
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• sabhā (assembly-hall)
• ṛṣis (sages)
• Pāṇḍavas
• narendras (kings from various lands)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A righteous court harmonizes spiritual and political authority: sages are honored alongside kings, and a ruler’s legitimacy is reflected in the orderly gathering of respected guests from many regions.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes the Pāṇḍavas’ assembly where sages and numerous visiting kings from different lands are seated together, indicating a grand, widely attended royal gathering.