Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तेषु तत्रोपविष्टेषु विराट: पृथिवीपति: । आजगाम सभां कर्तु राजकार्याणि सर्वश:,पाण्डवोंके वहाँ बैठ जानेपर राजा विराट अपने समस्त राजकाज करनेके लिये सभामें आये

Transliteration

teṣu tatropaviṣṭeṣu virāṭaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ | ājagāma sabhāṃ kartuṃ rāja-kāryāṇi sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

他们在那儿就座之后，毗罗吒王——大地之主——来到议事厅，处理一切国政。

Word by Word

• तेषु: among them / in them
• तेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• उपविष्टेषु: when (they were) seated
• उपविष्टेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपविष्ट
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• विराटः: Virāṭa
• विराटः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पृथिवीपतिः: lord of the earth (king)
• पृथिवीपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवीपति
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• आजगाम: came
• आजगाम: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: perfect (liṭ), third, singular

• सभाम्: to the assembly hall
• सभाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• कर्तुम्: to do / to carry out
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: infinitive (tumun)

• राजकार्याणि: royal duties / affairs of state
• राजकार्याणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजकार्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• सर्वशः: entirely / in every respect
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Virāṭa
• sabhā (royal assembly/court)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights rājadharma: a ruler’s ethical obligation to conduct state affairs through orderly, public institutions (the sabhā), emphasizing responsibility, procedure, and governance for the common good.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the others have seated themselves in the court, King Virāṭa enters the assembly to carry out the full range of royal business, setting the stage for subsequent interactions in the courtly setting.