Mahabharata 7.64.7 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 64, Shloka 7

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

Devanagari script

मोदकान्‌ पूरिकापूपान्‌ स्वादपूर्णाश्व॒ शष्कुली: । करम्भान्‌ पृथुमृद्वीका अन्नानि सुकृतानि च

Transliteration

modakān pūrikāpūpān svādapūrṇāś ca śaṣkulīḥ | karambhān pṛthumṛdvīkā annāni sukṛtāni ca ||

Translation

সেখানে ছিল মোদক, পুরী, অপূপ (মিষ্টি পিঠে), স্বাদে পরিপূর্ণ শষ্কুলী, করম্ভ, পৃথু (চিঁড়ে), মুনাক্কা এবং নানাবিধ সুপ্রস্তুত অন্নব্যঞ্জন।

Word by Word

• मोदकान्: sweet dumplings (modakas)
• मोदकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोदक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पूरिकापूपान्: puris and cakes (apūpas)
• पूरिकापूपान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूरिका + अपूप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• स्वादपूर्णाः: full of taste; delicious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वादपूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शष्कुलीः: fried cakes/pastries (śaṣkulīs)
• शष्कुलीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शष्कुली
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• करम्भान्: gruel/porridge preparations (karambhas)
• करम्भान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: करम्भ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पृथुमृद्वीका: large raisins/grapes
• पृथुमृद्वीका: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथु + मृद्वीका
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अन्नानि: foods; cooked grains
• अन्नानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• सुकृतानि: well-prepared; well-made
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुकृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• modaka
• pūrikā (purī)
• āpūpa/pūpa
• śaṣkulī
• karambha
• pṛthu
• mṛdvīkā
• anna (food)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharmic hospitality: food offered with care, purity, and abundance becomes an ethical act—honoring worthy recipients and sustaining sacred learning and social order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a setting where many kinds of well-prepared delicacies are available and consumed, painting a vivid picture of plentiful, refined provisions as part of a larger account.