Shloka 63

Devanagari script

द्रोणपर्वणि विप्रेभ्यो भोजनं परमार्चितम्‌

Transliteration

droṇaparvaṇi viprebhyo bhojanaṃ paramārcitam

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Im Droṇa Parva wurde den Brahmanen eine Mahlzeit dargebracht, in höchster Weise geehrt.“ Die Zeile hebt den ethischen Nachdruck des Epos hervor: selbst inmitten von Gewalt und Erschütterung des Krieges müssen die Ehrfurcht vor den vipras — gelehrten, heiligen Gästen — und die Pflicht der Gastfreundschaft (atithi-satkāra) gewahrt bleiben.

Word by Word

• द्रोणपर्वणि: in the Droṇa-parvan (book/section)
• द्रोणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विप्रेभ्यः: to the brahmins
• विप्रेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• भोजनम्: a meal/food
• भोजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परमार्चितम्: highly honored/most respectfully offered
• परमार्चितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम् + अर्चित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Droṇa Parva
• brāhmaṇas (vipras)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharma through atithi-satkara and dāna: even in a context shaped by war narratives, the tradition insists on honoring brāhmaṇas and maintaining sacred duties of hospitality and reverence.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator notes that, in connection with the events of the Droṇa Parva, brāhmaṇas were given a meal that was treated as highly honored—suggesting a formal, respectful offering rather than ordinary feeding.