Shloka 7

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Public Request for Consent to Enter the Forest (अनुज्ञा-प्रार्थना)

Devanagari script

स श्राद्धयज्ञों ववृते बहुशो धनदक्षिण: | अनेकधनरत्नौघो युधिछिरमते तदा,वह श्राद्धयज्ञ युधिष्ठिरकी सम्मतिके अनुसार बहुत-से धनकी दक्षिणासे सुशोभित हुआ। उसमें नाना प्रकारके धन और रत्नोंकी राशियाँ लुटायी गयीं

Transliteration

sa śrāddhayajño vavṛte bahuśo dhanadakṣiṇaḥ | anekadhana-ratnaugho yudhiṣṭhiramate tadā ||

Translation

قال فَيْشَمْبَايَنَة: إن ذاك القربان الشْرادْدهيّ (śrāddha-yajña) أُقيم مرارًا، وتزيّن بعطايا وافرة من المال قُدّمت دَكْشِنَا (dakṣiṇā) أجورًا للكهنة. ووفق نية يُدْهِشْثِيرَة في ذلك الحين، وُزِّعت أكوامٌ من شتّى الثروات وتدفّقت الجواهر توزيعًا—فجعلت واجب الملك رعايةً للراحلين وسخاءً أخلاقيًا لمن يستحق.

Word by Word

सःhe (Yudhiṣṭhira)

श्राद्धयज्ञान्Śrāddha-sacrifices (funeral/ancestral rites)

ववृतेchose / undertook

बहुशःmany times / repeatedly

धनदक्षिणाःhaving wealth as the sacrificial fee (rich in gifts)

अनेकधनरत्नौघःa flood/heap of many kinds of wealth and jewels

युधिष्ठिरमतेin accordance with Yudhiṣṭhira’s opinion/decision

तदाthen

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

śrāddha-yajña

dakṣiṇā (ritual gifts/fees)

wealth (dhana)

jewels (ratna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

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 dharmic kingship expressed through śrāddha and dāna: honoring the departed through proper rites and supporting ritual specialists and dependents through generous dakṣiṇā, turning grief and obligation into ethically ordered giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

A śrāddha-yajña is being conducted repeatedly, and—following Yudhiṣṭhira’s approval—large amounts of wealth and jewels are distributed as dakṣiṇā, emphasizing the scale and sincerity of the rite.