Mahabharata 7.64.14 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 64, Shloka 14

Adhyāya 64 — Omens, Conch Signals, and Arjuna’s Assault on the Elephant Division

Devanagari script

ईजानो वितते यज्ञे दक्षिणामत्यकालयत्‌ । मूर्धाभिषिक्तांश्व नृपान्‌ राजपुत्रशतानि च

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | ījāno vitate yajñe dakṣiṇām atyākālayat | mūrdhābhiṣiktāṃś ca nṛpān rājaputraśatāni ca |

Translation

বিস্তৃত যজ্ঞ সম্পাদনকালে তিনি দক্ষিণা প্রদানে বিলম্ব করেননি; অভিষিক্ত নৃপতিদের এবং শত শত রাজপুত্রকেও বিধিমতো দান করলেন।

Word by Word

• ईजानः: having performed (sacrifice)
• ईजानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईज् (यज्-अर्थे) / ईजान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्तवतु (परस्मैपदी-भावे), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वितते: in the spread/extended (rite)
• वितते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वितत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• दक्षिणाम्: the sacrificial fee/gift
• दक्षिणाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अति: excessively/overly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति

• अकालयत्: he bestowed/assigned
• Type: Verb
• Root: कलय् (कलयति)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतन-भूत), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मूर्धाभिषिक्तान्: crowned/anointed (kings)
• मूर्धाभिषिक्तान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्धाभिषिक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

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

• नृपान्: kings
• नृपान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• राजपुत्रशतानि: hundreds of princes
• राजपुत्रशतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजपुत्रशत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

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

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• yajña (sacrifice)
• dakṣiṇā (ritual gifts)
• nṛpa (kings)
• rājaputra (princes)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A sacrifice is ethically and ritually completed by prompt, appropriate giving (dakṣiṇā). Delaying or withholding gifts undermines dharma; timely generosity sustains social and sacred obligations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a ruler performing an elaborate yajña and immediately distributing the sacrificial gifts, granting them to crowned kings and to many princes, highlighting the scale of the rite and the giver’s adherence to duty.