Shloka 22

Vasiṣṭhasya śokaḥ, Vipāśā–Śatadrū-nāmākaraṇam, Kalmāṣapādasya bhaya-prasaṅgaḥ (Ādi Parva 167)

Devanagari script

अयुतानि ददान्यष्टौ गवां याजय मां विभो । द्रोणवैराभिसंतप्तं प्रह्लादयितुमहसि

Transliteration

ayutāni dadāny aṣṭau gavāṁ yājaya māṁ vibho | droṇavairābhisaṁtaptaṁ prahlādayitum arhasi ||

Translation

হে বিভো! আমি আপনাকে আশি হাজার গাভী দান করছি। আপনি আমার যজ্ঞ সম্পন্ন করুন। দ্রোণের বৈরিতায় আমি দগ্ধ; আমাকে প্রশান্তি ও আনন্দ দান করুন।

Word by Word

• अयुतानि: ten-thousands (units of ten thousand)
• अयुतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• ददामि: I give / I offer
• ददामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)
• Form: Present (Lat), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गवाम्: of cows
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• याजय: cause (me) to perform a sacrifice / officiate my sacrifice
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (देवपूजासंगतिकरणदानादिषु) (णिच्)
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada, true

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• विभो: O mighty one / O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• द्रोण-वैर-अभिसंतप्तम्: afflicted/tormented because of enmity with Droṇa
• द्रोण-वैर-अभिसंतप्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिसंतप्त (संतप् + अभि, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रह्लादयितुम्: to gladden / to please
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रह्लादय् (प्र + ह्लाद्, णिच्) (तुमुन्)
• Form: Infinitive (Tumun)

• अर्हसि: you ought / you are able / please (do)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (पूजायाम्/योग्यतायाम्)
• Form: Present (Lat), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (a brāhmaṇa speaker)
• Droṇa
• cows (go)
• yajña (sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how ritual and generosity (offering a vast gift of cows) are sought as means to secure religious assistance and personal relief; it also raises an ethical tension: spiritual authority is being invoked to address a worldly feud, reminding readers that dharma must guide both ritual action and responses to enmity.

What is happening in the narrative?

A brāhmaṇa approaches a powerful figure and offers eighty thousand cows, requesting that the person officiate his sacrifice; he explains that he is distressed due to hostility connected with Droṇa and asks to be soothed and made peaceful.