Shloka 5
Adhyāya 57 — Arjuna’s Vow-Anxiety, Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel, and the Pāśupata Authorization
यज्ञे यज्ञे यथाकालं दक्षिणा: सो5त्यकालयत् | द्विपा दशसहस्राख्या: प्रमदा: काउचनप्रभा:,राजा पौरव प्रत्येक यज्ञमें यथासमय प्रचुर दक्षिणा बाँटते थे। उन्होंने स्वर्णकी-सी कान्तिवाले दस हजार मतवाले हाथी, ध्वजा और पताकाओंसहित सुवर्णमय बहुत-से रथ तथा एक लाख स्वर्णभूषित कन्याओंका दान किया था
yajñe yajñe yathākālaṃ dakṣiṇāḥ so ’tyakālayat | dvipā daśasahasrākhyāḥ pramadāḥ kāñcanaprabhāḥ |
Nārada said: “At each and every sacrifice, at the proper time, he distributed the prescribed dakṣiṇā in abundance. He gave away ten thousand elephants, and maidens radiant like gold—royal generosity that upholds the sacrificial order and the ethic of giving.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic kingship expressed through timely and abundant dakṣiṇā: giving in the right manner and at the right time sustains ritual order, social reciprocity, and ethical responsibility.
Nārada describes a king’s lavish sacrificial donations—at each yajña he distributes gifts properly, including vast numbers of elephants and gold-radiant maidens—emphasizing the scale and propriety of his generosity.