Shloka 18
द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय ८७: सात्यकेरनुयात्रा
Sātyaki’s resolve and departure to reach Arjuna
सप्त तन्तून् वितनन््वाना याजका यमुपासते
sapta tantūn vitanvānā yājakā yam upāsate
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “That One whom the sacrificers worship while spreading out the seven threads.”
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse points to a single revered reality approached through ritual symbolism: even complex sacrificial procedures (here, the ‘seven threads’) are ultimately directed toward worship of one supreme object of reverence, emphasizing unity behind ritual forms.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra speaks in a reflective, allusive style, invoking a Vedic-ritual image—sacrificers arranging ‘seven threads’—to identify or praise the being whom they worship, situating the discussion in sacred and ethical authority amid the war narrative.