Shloka 7

Droṇānīka-praveśa: Arjuna’s respectful appeal to Droṇa and renewed advance toward Jayadratha (द्रोणानीकप्रवेशः)

Devanagari script

स दर्शपौर्णमासाभ्यां कालेष्वाग्रयणेन च । चातुर्मास्यैश्न विविधैर्यज्नैशज्ञावाप्तदक्षिणै:

Transliteration

sa darśapaurṇamāsābhyāṃ kāleṣv āgrayaṇena ca | cāturmāsyaiś ca vividhair yajñaiś ca jñāvāptadakṣiṇaiḥ ||

Translation

قال نارادا: «لقد أدّى في أوقاتها شعائر دارشا وبورناماسا، كما قدّم قربان آغرايَنا. ثم أقام شتّى قرابين تشاتورماسيا—وهي طقوس تُؤدّى بحسب الفصول—وأتمّها بدفع الدكشِنا المقرّرة، أي الأجور الواجبة للقرابين. وهكذا اتّسمت حياته بالانضباط في أداء الواجبات الفيدية، مُكرِّمًا النظام والزمان والعطاء المستحق.»

Word by Word

सःhe

दर्शपौर्णमासाभ्याम्by the new-moon and full-moon rites

कालेषुat the proper times

आग्रयणेनby the āgrayaṇa (first-fruits) rite

चand

चातुर्मास्यैःby the cāturmāsya rites

विविधैःvarious

यज्ञैःby sacrifices

अज्ञावाप्तदक्षिणैःwith fees obtained without asking

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Darśa sacrifice

Paurṇamāsa sacrifice

Āgrayaṇa rite

Cāturmāsya sacrifices

dakṣiṇā (sacrificial fee)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma as disciplined, timely observance of prescribed duties—especially yajñas—together with rightful giving (dakṣiṇā). Ethical life is shown as alignment with sacred order (kāla, proper time) and responsibility toward the ritual community.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing a person’s exemplary conduct by listing the Vedic rites he regularly performed—Darśa-Paurṇamāsa, Āgrayaṇa, and Cāturmāsya—emphasizing that they were done at the correct times and completed with the proper sacrificial fees.