Shloka 4
Subhadrā-vilāpaḥ — Subhadrā’s Lament for Abhimanyu
Droṇa-parva 55
कियन्त्यो दक्षिणा दत्ता: कैश्व दत्ता महात्मभि: । राजर्षिशि: पुण्यकृद्धिस्तद् भवान् प्रत्रवीतु मे,पूर्वालके किन-किन महामनस्वी पुण्यात्मा राजर्षियोंने यज्ञोंमें कितनी-कितनी दक्षिणाएँ दी थीं। यह सब आप मुझे बताइये
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
kiyantyo dakṣiṇā dattāḥ kaiś ca dattā mahātmabhiḥ |
rājarṣibhiḥ puṇyakṛdbhis tad bhavān prabravītu me |
pūrvāloke kin-kin mahāmanasvī puṇyātmā rājarṣayo yajñeṣu kīdr̥śīḥ dakṣiṇā adaduḥ ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “How many gifts of sacrificial fee (dakṣiṇā) were given, and by whom were they given—by those great-souled royal sages, doers of merit? Please tell me. In the ancient world, what kinds of dakṣiṇās did the high-minded, virtuous rājarṣis bestow in their sacrifices?”
युधिछिर उवाच